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Pat,

It's probably better to think in terms of throughput than actual numbers of
devices.  Your telnet devices are going to send their requests to an IP
address and the adapter will receive them.  The AS/400 will send responses
(or print streams or file transfers) out to the network and the network will
route them to the appropriate device.  So things aren't really attached in
the traditional sense of the word.

When your peak throughput load approaches or starts to exceed the rated
throughput of your adapter it is time to consider an additional adapter.  So
yes, I believe you just keep adding them until it hurts.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> Is there a real max values on a single adapter or
> do you just keep adding devices until it "hurts" ???
> 
> At what point do you add the second adapter ???
> 
> I recall some older writeup on ethernet "load factors"
> but this was back in the days of the infamous thin client.
> 
> Is there a practical limit to the number of PC's on a
> single adapter ???
> 
> Would a bunch of high speed(1100lpm) line printers really
> crush an adapter ???
> 
> What's the largest number of devices you have on a "single"
> ethernet adapter ???




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