Simple switch question

[Wilson Chan]

If your looking at performance stay away from the cheaper hardware. They
tend not to handle high traffic very well. The setup in your jpeg is fine. I
think that would probably be the best way to setup your switches.



  -----Original Message-----
  From: Jeff Mings [mailto:jeffm at lava.net]
  Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 10:37 AM
  To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
  Subject: [luau] Simple switch question


      I am considering a project in which it will be desirable to supply a
fully switched fast ethernet connection to a number of users that might grow
from 15 to 80 or so (as an example).  Since switches operate at the bottom
layer of the OSI networking model and "learn" which hardware MAC addresses
are at each port, would the best "aggregation" of switches be to link
several together through a single switch, as in the attached jpeg?  I could
buy a truly stackable switch like the 3COM superstack 24, but they are
EXPENSIVE.  I'd rather start with a Linksys EtherFast 16 and add more as
needed.  Any problems or real performance penalties with doing things this
way?

  Thanks,
  Jeff Mings


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