"less-expensive" switch hardware

[Brian Russo]

On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:37:16AM -1000, Warren Togami wrote:
> Whoa, according to this spec sheet this switch is in fact "Store and
> Forward".  This seems too good to be true.  $200 for 16 port unmanaged,
> store-and-forward and 5.8Gbps backplane.

It says aggregate bandwidth, not backplane.

"Add up all the bandwidth for each port"
(25 * 100 * 2) = 5Gbps
24 10/100's + 100FX (if you maxx it)
I think they make up the difference of 800mbps with an inter-switch
stacking port.

So (24 * 100 * 2) + (1 * 100 * 2) + 800 = 5.8Gbps
This doesn't mean it's a bad switch necessarily, just..
that backplane != aggregate bandwidth.

Also, note it has a small mac table, and a tiny buffer (128 bytes)

I've heard good things about netgears, they're well priced.

How you plan your topology depends on .. what your needs are, # of
users is important, but not the end-all, what's more important is how
much bandwidth each of those clients needs now.. and in 18 months..
3 years.. etc

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