From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 19 18:43:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from thor.afnetinc.com (thor.afnetinc.com [206.40.232.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5523E37B4EC for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:43:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from [216.126.214.144] (helo=SCIENCE1) by thor.afnetinc.com with smtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 14V2mB-00052y-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 19:43:39 -0700 From: Elliot Finley To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: how many switches? Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 19:45:34 -0700 Organization: System Hog (www.systemhog.com) Reply-To: efinley@efinley.com Message-ID: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This isn't exactly a FreeBSD question, but since it's going to be an all FBSD network... :-) I know that I can only go through 3-4 hubs before I have timing issues. My question is: how many switches can I go through? it seems like it would be unlimited as long as the packet passed through them and the response came back before the application timed out. This is the case isn't it? Since a switch uses store-and-forward. Any pointers would be appreciated. --=20 Elliot Finley (efinley@efinley.com) You can judge the quality of your life by how often you notice and enjoy the little things. Weird Science! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message