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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
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Jeff Mings
[mailto:jeffm@lava.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 09, 2001 10:37
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Linux & Unix Advocates & Users<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[luau] Simple switch question<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> 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?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Jeff Mings<BR><BR><IMG height=252
alt="stacked switches" src="cid:192375420@09102001-0f89" width=218>
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