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Asked by MadManse in Miscellaneous Networking, Network Design & Methodology, Networking Hardware
Assume the following simple network:
one router
three 24-port switches
70 PCs
Assuming all 70 PCs have 10/100 NICs, here are my questions:
1. If the router has only one LAN port--no matter what its speed--then I would have to daisy chain the three switches with crossover cables. This necessarily means that the PC connected to the 2nd switch would suffer some performance loss because the traffic to them would have to get through the first switch first, and PCs in connected to the 3rd switch would suffer even more. Is this right?
2. To correct the problem, connecting the router to a new switch and connection the original 3 switches to the new one should give all PCs a fairly even response time, right?
3. Keeping in mind that a network is only as fast as its slowest device, would there be ANY performance iimpact if all router and switch ports were 10/100/1000?
Thanks in advance for your comments...
Peter
20090824-EE-VQP-74 / EE_QW_2_20070628