From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Apr 30 13:52:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA06663 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 13:52:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from falcon.tioga.com (root@falcon.tioga.com [205.146.65.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA06624 for ; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 13:51:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from tbalfe@localhost) by falcon.tioga.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA01093; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 16:51:27 GMT Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 16:51:27 +0000 () From: Thomas J Balfe To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: ethernet question Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At what point do you need switched ethernet in terms of nodes? This is the situation, a building with 7 floors, 40 units per floor, each with one 10baseT port in it. Would two or three switched ports per floor be a smart option? Additionally, what are people's recommendations in terms of equipment? The only equipment I have experience with so far is Bay Networks, 3Com and Asante non-switching hubs. Also, is Ora TCP/IP the best place to learn more about arp? ======================================================================== Thomas J Balfe tbalfe@tioga.com President http://www.tioga.com/ Tioga Communications, Inc 814-867-4770 ========================================================================