In the topology given, the real bottleneck is the wireless bridge ( assuming 11 meg shared ), and of course the ISP link speed.
the switch to switch latency is not the killer here. other factors are numbers of users, especially the numbers crossing the wireless link. These suckers still tend to be half duplex. you running full duplex into your other switches? ""KM Reynolds"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi All, > > I am looking at this configuration: > > [PC]---[Switch1]---Fiber---[Switch2]---[Switch3]---[WirelessBridge]---distan ce2miles---[WirelessBridge]---[4Switch10Mb]---[Router]---[ISPInternet] > > The switches are all consist of 10Mb ports. The question. Whould it not be > a better design to take out switch2 and switch3 and replace it with one > switch with more ports. This would elimate one switch to traverse when the > clients are accessing the Internet. > > Any thoughts on this or if you see other things that may help with the > design. > > TIA > KM > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=39905&t=39888 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]