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Extra cables or switch. Best data pipe?.
I am wiring our new building for network and phones.
My question is in some rooms we will have multiple pc's.
I understand the difference between a switch and a hub, but dont unsderstand the difference between multiple cables from the patch
panel or one cable from the patch panel and then splitting it in that room with a switch.
Did I lose you?
Simply put.
If I have 3 PC's in one room and run 3 cables from the patch panel to that room one for each PC
will I have a better data pipe than if I run one cable to that room, install a switch and the run cables from that switch?
It will be a Windows 2k3 Network, all Nic's being 10/100
We do move many large files several hundred mb in size.
Thanks for your help.
My question is in some rooms we will have multiple pc's.
I understand the difference between a switch and a hub, but dont unsderstand the difference between multiple cables from the patch
panel or one cable from the patch panel and then splitting it in that room with a switch.
Did I lose you?
Simply put.
If I have 3 PC's in one room and run 3 cables from the patch panel to that room one for each PC
will I have a better data pipe than if I run one cable to that room, install a switch and the run cables from that switch?
It will be a Windows 2k3 Network, all Nic's being 10/100
We do move many large files several hundred mb in size.
Thanks for your help.
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But with ONLY 3 PC's off of one cable will I notice a performance loss if all 3 are moving files ?
Will it be noticible to run 3 seperate cables from patch panel for that few?
My network is no where near large enough to have to daisey chain multiple switches, nor do I need to plan for future groth of that scale.
Thanks again.
Will it be noticible to run 3 seperate cables from patch panel for that few?
My network is no where near large enough to have to daisey chain multiple switches, nor do I need to plan for future groth of that scale.
Thanks again.
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tm9,
From the Structural Cabling System point of view you have to install a 2-port outlet per workplace, one port for a PC and another one for a phone. Also some standards recommend you using 6 or 8 square metre per workplace, so, for exmple, if you have a room of 24 square metre, you install 24/6 = 4 or 24/8 = 3 2-port outlets in that room.
From performance point of view you need to figure out traffic flow pattren on your network. If most of file movings are from server to PC and back you should use high performance switch(es) with gigabit links to the server(s). Also, you can use gigabit-to-desktop; NICs and appropriate switches are not as expencive now as the used to be even one year ago. On another hand if most of file movings are from PC to PC at the same room you may use local switching.
From the Structural Cabling System point of view you have to install a 2-port outlet per workplace, one port for a PC and another one for a phone. Also some standards recommend you using 6 or 8 square metre per workplace, so, for exmple, if you have a room of 24 square metre, you install 24/6 = 4 or 24/8 = 3 2-port outlets in that room.
From performance point of view you need to figure out traffic flow pattren on your network. If most of file movings are from server to PC and back you should use high performance switch(es) with gigabit links to the server(s). Also, you can use gigabit-to-desktop; NICs and appropriate switches are not as expencive now as the used to be even one year ago. On another hand if most of file movings are from PC to PC at the same room you may use local switching.
I've also played around with LARGE files and networking - STRONGLY recommend your main switch be a Gigabit switch (or several, depending on users).