Re: Secure lan communication (part 2)?

[Brett Lymn]

According to David Lang:
>
>why is a hub any better then a switch?
>

I am not entirely sure it is.... modern switches have very low
latencies and the ability to store around 8192 mac addresses (or more,
last I looked).  A hub just blats the same data out on all ports, that
does not scale very well at all.

>assuming you use switches in the same places and sizes you would a hub how
>does replacing a single hub with a single switch loose you any security?
>

It probably gives you a little more security but don't rely on it.
The major plus is your traffic is no longer shared amongst all the
ports so the network will perform a bit better.

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Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, BAE SYSTEMS
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