Re: Max Devices on ethernet adapters

Let's just talk "local" for the moment.
(remote is another story)

Twinax has it's own processor at the "other end"..
Ethernet does not....the user manages everything.

OK, a 100mb switch but what is a 1gb "uplink" between
switches.

Pat,

In all my time watching networks, especially iSeries I have almost never seen an overloaded 100Mb ethernet card. 10Mb sure, especially that FC #2617 abomination for SPD systems. What appears as overloaded nearly always is mis-configured.

We deal primarly with small shops. The 'typical LAN' for these shops is 100Mb switches with 1Gb uplinks between switches. Most don't have mangement, most DO place UPSs or at the very least Surge supressors on each Switch. About 1/3 have redundant power for their switches. This sort of configuration can typically support a couple hundred average users with little trouble. Most of my customers have virtually zero problems with their networks and those are usually UTS errors.

We haven't sold or installed any new Twinax in years. Several shops I work in still have it, primarily for shop terminals and printers. Many of those don't actually have Twinax either, they use Baluns to run it over Cat5.