Interesting observation, little do people know that switches have 'backplane' speeds (at least Cisco switches) and the speed in switching is a function of what you have the IOS doing PLUS the backplane speed that determines mean switch latency.
v/r //SIGNED// Stephen S. Wolfe, YA2, DAF 6th MDG Data Services Manager 6th MDG Information System Security Officer Comm (813) 827-9994 DSN 651-9994 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 4:22 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [NF] Stupid networking question - actually,stupid hardware question I had a knucklehead consultant sell a client of mine that the two 8-port switches I had installed were slowing down their system dramatically. He sold them a 16-port switch He sold them on re-doing all the connectors and guess what? It wasn't any faster. LMAO You won't see any appreciable difference under normal use of two cascaded switches as opposed to one big switch. Just think how rich I could be by selling people stuff they don't need. --- Rick Quilhot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Depends on, if the switch has an 'uplink' port. At > the very worst you might > have to use a x-over cable. > > Rick Quilhot > IT Administrator > J. America Retail Products > 314 M.A.C. Avenue, Suite 100 > East Lansing, MI 48823 > 517.333.2680 x 102 (phone) > 517.333.2596 (fax) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Whil Hentzen (Pro*) > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 4:08 PM > To: profox@leafe.com > Subject: [NF] Stupid networking question - actually, > stupid hardware > question > > There are a series of animals out there called > 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit > Desktop Switches. 8 ports in the back, say, use one > for your firewall or > router and the rest are for your boxes. > > It seems to me that you can daisy chain these guys, > but I don't recall > the specifics. If you had two of these switches, can > you just plug one > into another, in essence making it a 16 port switch > (albeit with two > power cords, etc.) > > A long time ago, I think you had to flip a switch > (terminator or > crossover or something?) but, as you can tell, (1) > my memory is fuzzy, > and (2) I don't know jack about this anyway. > > Whil > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
