I am looking to buy an additional switch for my network (as well as getting
faster!). I already have a 8 port Switch which is full, can I just connect
another switch to the existing one, (daisy chain) or is this not possible?

del@here.com wrote:

Yes, it's quite possible. Remember that you'll need one port from the
old and one port from the new to connect the two together, so if you
buy another 8 port switch you'll only end up with 14 ports to the
outside. You might need to use a (readily available) crossover cable,
depending on the particular switches.

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Also, remember that for performance purpose it's better to group on the
same switch the computers that talks mostly together... Otherwise the
link between the two switches can become a bottleneck, as its capacity
bandwitdth is shared by all computers instead of dedicated to 1.

CJT wrote:

Nicolas wrote:

Good point.


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This is my proposal.

I have a 8 port 10/100 switch.

I intend to get a 5 port gigabit switch, and run one my server and on of my
PC's on a gigabit LAN as I regularly move massive files (10 gig DV files)
across the network, with my current setup this is a bit slow at times. The
others are fine at 10/100 (ps2, xbox, Kiss DvD player, and a multimedia
player that runs on a network) as these are 100 mbits max.

So utilising a port on the 10/100 and a port on the gbit switch (as the link
between the hubs), the computers that are already plugged into the 10/100
switch would not see any difference on network speeds (if you can understand
this!) as they are all sharing a link to a 1gigabit port

Cheers

This is my proposal.

I have a 8 port 10/100 switch.

I intend to get a 5 port gigabit switch, and run one my server and on of my
PC's on a gigabit LAN as I regularly move massive files (10 gig DV files)
across the network, with my current setup this is a bit slow at times. The
others are fine at 10/100 (ps2, xbox, Kiss DvD player, and a multimedia
player that runs on a network) as these are 100 mbits max.

So utilising a port on the 10/100 and a port on the gbit switch (as the link
between the hubs), the computers that are already plugged into the 10/100
switch would not see any difference on network speeds (if you can understand
this!) as they are all sharing a link to a 1gigabit port

Cheers

del@here.com wrote:

And you think we need to know this because ... ?

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On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 15:00:37 GMT, CJT <abujlehc@prodigy.net> wrote:

lol

it'll work...and will likely disappoint the OP...