Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Wed Dec 30 11:04:41 CST 2009
Aw come on John. I know YOU are NOT buying any 10/100 switch. Now you probably have some of those laying around but you are only buying Gigabit netowrking stuff aren't you? GK On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:24 PM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > 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----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos >> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 12:12 PM >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> 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. > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com