From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 14 17:44:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 031E537B401 for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 17:44:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (user-24-214-34-52.knology.net [24.214.34.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C00043EC5 for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 17:44:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBF1iYf5070281 for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 19:44:34 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Received: (from dkelly@localhost) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBF1iX7v070280 for FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 19:44:33 -0600 (CST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: David Kelly To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Hubs and switches (was: uninformed qstn...) Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 19:44:32 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <20021214034131.GH503@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021214134354.62672.qmail@web20105.mail.yahoo.com> <20021215012545.GB144@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20021215012545.GB144@wantadilla.lemis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200212141944.32522.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Saturday 14 December 2002 07:25 pm, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > I tried a test here between two machines on my network. In each > case, the data went via the Cisco 2900 switch and then either via a > hub or a second switch. The remote machine has a 10 Mb/s interface. > Here are the results (average ping time): [snip] Where the switch will really sing is a test with more than 4 computers. Run a load between 2, and ping between the other two. Or better yet run a load between each pair of machines and benchmark ftp thruput. At today's prices the only reason I'd run a hub is because I reached into my junk box and thats what came out. If its important enough to go to the store or place an order (rather than scrounge in the junk box), it will be a switch. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message