Re: Pipeline Production Problems

[Robert Creager <creagrs@louisville.stortek.com>]

During the interrogation, at Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:01:08 -0500,
"Thomas Droege" <tdroege2@earthlink.net> made the following confession:

> Suppose I have the following setup:
> 
> Computer A connects to switch 1 which also connects to Computer B
> Computer C connects to switch 2 which also connects to Computer D
> 
> This should logically support full speed transmission between Computer
> A and Computer B with also full speed transmission between compute C
> and computer D.  They are two completely isolated networks.
> 
> Now I add a cable between switch 1 and swi;tch 2.
> 
> What happens?  Does the network slow down, or are the network boxes
> smart enough to configure things for the highest possible transmission

If you truly have switches, they have a bus which is capable of handling
full bandwidth between two points, across all their ports, at once.  A
hub will share the bandwidth across all ports.

> speed? Suppose I have a more complicated network where it is possible
> to make a bad routing choice.  Is the system smart enough to figure
> out the best way to route the data?

Not unless you have routers...

> 
> From the looks of things, the transmission speed goes down as I start
> each transfer process going.  I could add some extra cables so that
> the possible routes had parallel cables if the system is smart enough
> to make use of them.  

I don't believe it will.  Are all you your 'things' switches, and
100/10Mb?

I'm actually running 4 switches on one leg in my house, and
have not had any problem, but I'm not paying close attention to the
speed. I'll check tonight.

Cheers,
Rob