elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-29 Thread Vijay Ramcharan
Forgive me if this sounds a little bit basic but this is what happens when you rush into things without understanding the fundamentals. Suppose a 24 port 100Mbit switch called A is uplinked to another 24 port 100Mb switch called B via a 1Gb connnection. Suppose hosts D through N are on switch A an

RE: elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-30 Thread Vijay Ramcharan
y running 100Mb. If this is correct then I lay this question to rest. Thanks. Vijay Ramcharan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Vijay Ramcharan Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: elementary? [7:6359] Forgi

Re: elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-30 Thread andyh
conversations would traverse the link in a FIFO manner (First In, First Out). hope that makes sense (as opposed to hth) Andy - Original Message - From: "Vijay Ramcharan" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 5:05 AM Subject: elementary? [7:6359] > Forgive me if this sounds a little

Re: elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-30 Thread Peter I. Slow
01 9:54 AM Subject: RE: elementary? [7:6359] > Thanks everyone for their replies. As I now understand it, the 1Gb > uplink just moves data faster than... say, a 100Mb uplink. Correct? > Conversations between hosts on each switch still take place one at a > time, thereby obeying Etherne

RE: elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-30 Thread Chuck Larrieu
TECTED] Subject: Re: elementary? [7:6359] N. nononononono. CSMA/CD only gets used when you are not in full duplex. (/me ducks) ( i have NEVER seen a full-dup. hub) meaning that if i am using a switch capable of full duplex (as most are) ..conversations, every station can transmit as much as

Re: elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-30 Thread Allen May
001 10:14 AM Subject: RE: elementary? [7:6359] > Hhh... Not so sure this is exactly right.. > > With full duplex, you have effectively created two "directions" --- there > and back. > > I believe it is accurate to say that only one packet can be on the wire pe

Re: elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-30 Thread Peter I. Slow
not on a switch, and hubs arent full duplex. -peter slow - Original Message - From: "Chuck Larrieu" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 11:14 AM Subject: RE: elementary? [7:6359] > Hhh... Not so sure this is exactly right.. > > With full duplex, you have

RE: elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-30 Thread Hire, Ejay
They would be multiplexed. Ethernet allows many "conversations" between many hosts on the same wire. -Original Message- From: Vijay Ramcharan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: elementary? [7:6359] Forgive me if t

Re: elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-30 Thread W. Alan Robertson
n - Original Message - From: "Chuck Larrieu" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 11:14 AM Subject: RE: elementary? [7:6359] > Hhh... Not so sure this is exactly right.. > > With full duplex, you have effectively created two "directions" --- there > an

Re: elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-30 Thread Gareth Hinton
r network accordingly. > > Alan > > - Original Message - > From: "Chuck Larrieu" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 11:14 AM > Subject: RE: elementary? [7:6359] > > > > Hhh... Not so sure this is exactly right.. > >

RE: elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-30 Thread Chuck Larrieu
ot so sure, but then I'm just an old dog. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Gareth Hinton Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: elementary? [7:6359] I think everybody might be ri

RE: elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-30 Thread Vijay Ramcharan
sent out of the Gb uplink. Does this make sense? Vijay Ramcharan Vijay Ramcharan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Chuck Larrieu Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 3:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: elementary? [7:6359] I concur. I sh

RE: elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-30 Thread Hire, Ejay
esday, May 30, 2001 3:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: elementary? [7:6359] I concur. I should have been a bit more clear in that I was addressing the issue of a gig link between two switches. For traffic that remains within a single switch, different things can be done with the switch f

Re: elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-30 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
hat you're saying...but >I've slept (occasionally) since then. > >- Original Message - >From: "Chuck Larrieu" >To: >Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:14 AM >Subject: RE: elementary? [7:6359] > > > > Hhh... Not so sure this is

Re: elementary? [7:6359]

2001-05-31 Thread Gareth Hinton
D]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 3:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: elementary? [7:6359] > > > I concur. I should have been a bit more clear in that I was addressing the > issue of a gig link between two switches. > > For traffic that remains within a single switch, d