14 Nov
1999
14 Nov
'99
8:10 a.m.
pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com (Pete Turnbull) wrote:
But are you running over 10baseT (or 10base2) all the
way? Zane's system
might take a fair performance hit because either the hub or the switch is
buffering every packet and retransmitting it.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that a true "hub" (which in Ethernet terms
is just a multiport repeater) does not buffer any packets.
The newer so-called Dual Speed Hubs incorporate a two-port switch (which
in Ethernet terms is a bridge). They don't buffer packets between same-speed
hosts, but will buffer packets between 10 and 100 Mbps hosts.
Still, with proper protocols this will cause no noticable performance
penalty for bulk transfers.