phicar2 wrote:
Sounds like a great idea. Is it true then that there is no performance
gains to be had by having the 770 and SB "attached" to the network
using different cables (option 3)? If not then I'd say your suggestion
is the best.
The only two items that are potentially performance related that come
immediately to mind are bandwidth saturation and network trip distance.
I think you should be OK on either of these accounts using the modifed
option 2.
The SB will be attached by Cat5, presumably running at 100Mbps back to
the server. Plenty of bandwith here. The 770 will only be making web
requests over the AP's wireless link and then the shared Cat5 run. Web
traffic for simple pages should be _very_ light and should not come
close to taxing the AP's wireless bandwidth. Especially if the AP
speaks 802.11g and the 770 is the only wireless client.
As to network distance, all the pieces are very close to one another.
And all this traffic will be making round trips from two clients (SB and
770) to the server. They won't be making requests directly of one
another. And if you are using the AP/Switch as a wired switch (not a
NATing router, not using it's DHCP) then all the devices are in the same
LAN (address space).
Performance should be excellent.
--rt
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