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Posted by stephen on July 26, 2005, 4:57 pm
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> Hello Stephen,
>
> S> it is a switch, so each port operates at the local line
> > rate. a device cant "see" the line rate of other
> > devices whether they are on the same switch or across
> > the world. the switch will have some internal
> > buffering, so there is some Q capacity between the 2
> > ports.
>
> That's good to hear. Hopefully it means that a server with
> a 100baseTX port can service a few workstations that each
> have 10baseT ports without one workstation being able to
> saturate the server's connection to the switch. Is it safe
> to assume that the same would apply if the server had 1000-
> baseCX and the workstations had 100baseTX, or the server had
> 10 gigabit and the workstations had 1000baseCX ports (given
> wire-speed switches) ?
yes - with the very big assumption that the network is the bottleneck and
not the server :)
in practice 10/100 ports are the minimum available on modern Ethernet
switches - and 10/100/1000 ports are now standard on some low to mid range
laptops....
>
> - Andy.
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Regards
Stephen Hope - return address needs fewer xxs
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