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From: "scc"
Hi everyone.
Yes. We are on a budget running a small International school of around 180 students. Speed is a problem however particularly at the start and end of class when students are all either accessing their files or saving them. I'm not sure what a switch is in this context but are you talking about two seperate lans, one hub for each?
Thanks, Steve. <snip>
No. One lan--two segments, each on its own hub. Join the hubs together by using a NORMAL cable from a numbered port on hub one to the uplink port on hub two. *OR* by using a CROSSOVER cable from uplink port on hub one to uplink port on hub two. NORMAL *OR* CROSSOVER as specified above. If you are certain that performance between internal computers--i.e. file transfers within your lan--are bogged down during peak times, then you will benefit from a switch. However, if the slowdowns you refer to are because multiple students are accessing the Internet, then your bottleneck is your internet connection, and a switch won't help you there. John