RE: Switch-hub?

[Richard Meeker]

No, not a stupid question :).  The biggest reason of why there is cache in
higher end switches is to further reduce the possibility of packet
collisions which are still possible on a switch.  It's also kind of
like "pipelining" for a switch.

> Ok, stupid question. Why would you need cache ram in a switch? I could
> see it I suppose if you had a big switch, say 40-50 connections, or
> fiber optic network. What am I missing here? Thanks for the info on the
> switch vs. hub. I never actually thought about getting a switch. So
> from what I gather a switch is one step down from a gateway? Do any
> switches have gateway capability?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Richard Meeker [mailto:rmeeker at kc.rr.com]
>> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:06 AM
>> To: 'Sam Miller'; kclug at kclug.org
>> Subject: RE: Switch-hub?
>>
>>
>> If you have a copy of the August Computer User paper, in it there is a
>> coupon for %50 off of any merchandise up to $100.  That means you can
>> get an 8 port NetGear switch for $45 if you like that idea.
>> The NetGear
>> switch actually has RAM in it to cache the data packets, and I don't
>> believe the Linksys has any cache RAM.
>
> Brian
>
>

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Richard Meeker
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