Free stuff (UK) again

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Tony Duell wrote: Yes. I do. With classic systems, 100Mbps or up does not make any sense. And, in some cases, not even full duplex and/or switching makes sense; I have had several instances of a machine going nuts after being connected to a switch instead of a hub- protocol incompatibilities. So.. I have 3 DEChub90-based "retro" segments (10B2, 10BT, 10B-FL) which now all connect to the DEChub900 MultiSwitch "retro" 10/100 switched core segment with 10B-FL links for galvanic separation. The faster VAXen, MIPSen and Alpha's are on the core segment so they can babble all they want. The core also houses two Wireless segments (three actually: 915MHz, 2.4GHz FH and 2.4GHz DS, but the latter is usually switched off) for the laptops and other fun. My personal network is 10/100 switched (Cisco Catalyst) and connected to my company network, which is 100/1000 switched (Catalyst) with all the servers, and my fast workstation being on gigabit fiber. There's also a wireless network (802.11a/b/g auto) for the laptops and the friends that come in and want coffee *and* Internet ;-) Obviously, all that comes to a screeching halt when going to the Internet connection- I have two (one 8192/8192 SDSL for the company and another 8192/2048 ADSL for personal use, like movie downloading ;-) but obviously, they can be driven by a single 10MBps segment easily... Also, I need the switched network for QoS, because I am completely based on VoIP here (and in/to the U.S.) including a live cam link between here and my lil'son's room. I'd rather not see him go all stuttery just because there's also a DVD copy running on the network... switching, tagging and shaping helps here. Most of my "work" I do on highspeed networks, the movie-and-iso moving indeed also happens on the gigabit core, but for all other work, the 10Mbps (and wireless) connections are plenty fast... --f