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Re: [OT] Recommendation for small Switch



> Am 2008-02-18 09:45:06, schrieb Matus UHLAR - fantomas:
> > > Michelle Konzack wrote:
> > > >I have a customer (small association whith vey less money) where I
> > > >switch the computers from Win98 and WinXP to Debian Etch.  Currently
> > > >all is working fine, with the exception that the the workstations
> > > >handicap each other...  The reason is the 10/100 MBit Switch.
> > 
> > On 16.02.08 17:00, Matthias Haegele wrote:
> > > Probably broadcasting problems? ...
> > > With name resolution in place there shouldnt be any problems at this 
> > > small sized networks.
> > 
> > Or maybe it's s switching hub, not a real switch?

On 19.02.08 00:47, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> What is a "switching hub"?

switching hub is the only way how to make 10/100 mbit hub ... internally two
hubs - 10 and 100 mbit, and switching between them

> No, it is a real switch, but if someone sucks big files from the
> network, the other users are sloweed down to some kByte/sec.

then it's a problematic/slow switch, replacing for other, even 10/100 mbit
switch should help.

> So my idea was, to put the "clients" on a 10/100 Port and then
> the Servers on the 4 GBit Ports which would solv ALL problems.

unless it's also slow... (should not happen with gbit switches but who
knows...)
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