Re: Max Devices on ethernet adapters

[Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okey Dokey... (I understand the "depends" concept very well)

You said Hubs will kill you ... Why ???

If a hub will kill you, how come a switch won't ???

By the way, I don't think processor speed has much to
do with the ethernet speed issues but that's just me.
Any processor worth it's salt in the last 8 years could
handle a billion ethernet requests standing on it's head.

Full Duplex according to all the books I have ever seen or
read requires 4 wires. Don't most garden variety ethernet
wiring setups use 2 wires ???

If you were doing a BRAND NEW installation today
and there no existing network wires, what would you
have on the back of the box and all points forward for
the connections ???

I make it easy...(810  with 100 devices 80 pc's 20 printers
all ethernet attached. All in the same building. To make it
interesting, 5 of the printers are 1000lpm and are used 70%
of the day.

To make it more interesting, NO tech people ever at this site.

(this is just for fun so don't take this serious)


Larry Bolhuis wrote:

> Pat,
>
>  Andy is right. THe true answer is "It Depends."  On:

>   Realisticaly though If you are on V5R2 I would absolutely get a second 
> adaptor and configure them to be redundant and allow OS/400 to load 
> balance them. It's really quite simple, and it avoids many many problems 
> with virtually *zero downside.