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should I use a switch or run another drop?
Hello Experts,
I am brand new to Administering a network. Here is my situation....
My work is installing a new piece of equipment that is located about 120' from one the main unmanaged switches on our network. I have one Cat6 network cable that is about 20 feet short from where it needs to reach. My though was to attach a netgear gs105 switch at this point and then run a cable from one of the outs to the new workstation. I was told tonight that this may slow down the network... is this true? Should I just buy some more cat6 and string it from the main switch all the way to the workstation?
Our network setup currently involves about 40 workstations -> 3 unmanaged switches -> 3 servers
Any help or guidance you can give me would be great.... I am just beginning to learn the world of networking
Thanks
I am brand new to Administering a network. Here is my situation....
My work is installing a new piece of equipment that is located about 120' from one the main unmanaged switches on our network. I have one Cat6 network cable that is about 20 feet short from where it needs to reach. My though was to attach a netgear gs105 switch at this point and then run a cable from one of the outs to the new workstation. I was told tonight that this may slow down the network... is this true? Should I just buy some more cat6 and string it from the main switch all the way to the workstation?
Our network setup currently involves about 40 workstations -> 3 unmanaged switches -> 3 servers
Any help or guidance you can give me would be great.... I am just beginning to learn the world of networking
Thanks
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No need feeling like an idiot, better to ask and get verified. From your original post it sounded like that was your decision anyway.
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thats the one i ment cbmm ;) cheers
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Thanks again for your help,
For now I have no choice but to use a switch to support 2 new workstations. I am going to schedule running more drops during downtime of production. I should be OK with a switch in the your term yes?
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For now I have no choice but to use a switch to support 2 new workstations. I am going to schedule running more drops during downtime of production. I should be OK with a switch in the your term yes?
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yes ;)
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Can adding to many switches slow down a network? or is it more of an issue of ease of troubleshooting? Fewer switches = less headache?
wont slow it down. the only problem i see is actual throughput. if you run a gigabit connection between the switches you should be good, but if you are running 12 pcs off a remote switch and a 100mb connection you might run into some problems. think about it, 1 data cable interconnecting switches that has to be shared with how many pc's you have running of that switch.
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ok, just wanted to make sure. I want to do everything the best way possible but at the moment I am facing a time crunch.
more managment
moden switches can switch data around the network with almost no delay.. we are talking micro seconds!! (100 of a mill second)
so its only once you start having 100's of switchs (in a row not in the network as total) that a packet needs to pass through that you would see any effect on the network. and even then you would be talking about a 1ms delay.
so really a moden switch does not introduce any meaning full delay in to a network... and i dont know any one who runs packets though more than about 10 switchs in series any way. espicaly in a good star/mesh topology.
moden switches can switch data around the network with almost no delay.. we are talking micro seconds!! (100 of a mill second)
so its only once you start having 100's of switchs (in a row not in the network as total) that a packet needs to pass through that you would see any effect on the network. and even then you would be talking about a 1ms delay.
so really a moden switch does not introduce any meaning full delay in to a network... and i dont know any one who runs packets though more than about 10 switchs in series any way. espicaly in a good star/mesh topology.
http://support.intel.com/support/express/switches/sb/cs-014410.htm
you might want to read this about how switches forward packets.. by default most use cut through.. with this a switch will alreay be forwarding the start of a packet before it finishes reciving the end of it.. THAT is fast ;) !!
you might want to read this about how switches forward packets.. by default most use cut through.. with this a switch will alreay be forwarding the start of a packet before it finishes reciving the end of it.. THAT is fast ;) !!
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http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/DesktopSwitches/GS105.aspx?detail=Specifications
This is the one I am using, which uses the store and forward method. But still seems fast to me...... walking into managing a Network as a newbie certainly is a humbling experience. :):):)
This is the one I am using, which uses the store and forward method. But still seems fast to me...... walking into managing a Network as a newbie certainly is a humbling experience. :):):)
man its great..
i walked in to this job a few years back having never seen any thing more impressive than a 4 port home router!!
now i have over 120 corprate switches at my finger tips ;)
your lucky you will get to learn as you go along and your network grows.. i still getting my head round it. love it though :)
i walked in to this job a few years back having never seen any thing more impressive than a 4 port home router!!
now i have over 120 corprate switches at my finger tips ;)
your lucky you will get to learn as you go along and your network grows.. i still getting my head round it. love it though :)
Well Future did only last post on this on thursday, so i'm sure he hasn't abanded it yet, and i'm quite happy to comment on a few more of his questions before it gets closed?
But i think we all agree the original question got answered on weather to use a switch or run a longer cable..
Aaron
But i think we all agree the original question got answered on weather to use a switch or run a longer cable..
Aaron
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Oh.... I apologize for not officially closing this out. This was my first time posting... we can consider this post closed. Thanks again experts for helping me out. :)
Future you need to chose a person (or persons) who gave you the ansewer and give out the points. you can choses multiply answers in one of teh comments and choses more than one person to split points accross if you like.
or if you dont feel it was answered you can just ask it to be closed.
good luck with the network :)
or if you dont feel it was answered you can just ask it to be closed.
good luck with the network :)
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Thank you very much for your help Experts.
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ok I think I got it right this time... points awarded ... please close this topic.
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Thanks again