[AccessD] SPAM-LOW: Re: [dba-Tech] Hub problem

Unless you have fiber to the curb, your constraint on the internet will be the service provider. 
Mine is ~10 mbit / second.  Obviously that will go just fine on any 100 mbit switch / router.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Rocky Smolin wrote:
> True enough except we do very little computer to computer communication.
> It's all internet.  And there, I think the constraint is the servers, not
> the pipe to my house.
> 
> R 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 12:12 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AccessD] [dba-Tech] Hub problem
> 
> OK, but before you spend any money..... Think about your purchase.
> 
> The switch on your router probably runs at 10 or 100 bits per second.
> Or maybe BYTES Per Second?
> 
> At least some of your wired systems probably have 1,000 bps network
> connections. Instead of getting the cheapest switch you can find, you should
> think about getting a little LARGER one that also is 1,000
> (gigabit) capable and then moving the other gear to that switch instead of
> connecting them to the router. It will only matter for computer to computer
> connections where both are at gigabit spead. In my case I have a Windows
> Home Server that has a gigabit connection and so I want all my other gigabit
> capable systems on that switch to take advantage. I bought an 8 port gigabit
> switch. I think it cost about $100. The slower stuff can go on either the
> routers switch or the new switch but all the fast stuff should go on the
> gigabit switch.
> 
> John Colby turned me on to this concept.