Bob wrote:
>No. No more so than it would if the other 30 computers were occupied. The
>network devices communicate CONSTANTLY, both during periods when humans are
>present, and in periods of complete absence. The ammount of communication
>doesn't suddenly go up at night when all the humans go home.
Of course that's right. But if we compare a room where only one computer
sends to the network compared to one where every computer is sending the
one with only one computer will be able to use the network better (for
usefull things). And that's the point.
>If the amount of traffic is well below the saturation point for the
>network -- and presumably it would or you've got a broken network
>configuration -- then the one user would probably not be able to detect any
>sort of difference.
That depends of the size and ammount of packages beeing sent. At the
university the packages seem to be small in size but are very often beeing
sent. That will lead to many collisions on the same segment.
>God, I would HOPE the monitor's grounded! Never mind radiation.M
Mine is not, and so is the case for most Swedish computers/monitors that
are in peoples homes. I did grounded a computer (that was shut down) with
the radiator and my arm and that wasn't very funny at all ;)
//Bernie
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