|  | shared ethernet port for Internet browsing | | |
| | | Japhy |  |
|  Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject: shared ethernet port for Internet browsing |  |
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Not really an IE question, but seems to be alot of knowledge here.
we have 20 new PCs being setup in a conference room. We have only 5
jacks in the room wired to our ethernet switch in the wiring closet.
The powers that be want to just buy a 24 port switch, plug the new PCs
into the switch and use 1 port on the switch connected to 1 of the
existing jack that goes back to the switch in the wiring closet. The
switch in the wiring closet is connected to a router to the internet
and internet browsing is going to be a big use here. My concern is
that performance will suffer due to all 20 PCs going through 1 port.
Shouldn't we at least buy five 4 port switchs and make use of all 5
jacks in the conference room.
Or, connect a wireless router to 1 of the jacks and put wireless NICs
in the PCs (Vista Home Basic o/s). Does that buy us anything?
Thanks for any advice and please let me know if the scenario needs
clarification.
TIA |
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| | | PA Bear [MS MVP] | |
| | Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject: Re: shared ethernet port for Internet browsing | |
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Try posting here instead: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
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Japhy wrote:
| Quote: | Not really an IE question, but seems to be alot of knowledge here.
we have 20 new PCs being setup in a conference room. We have only 5
jacks in the room wired to our ethernet switch in the wiring closet.
The powers that be want to just buy a 24 port switch, plug the new PCs
into the switch and use 1 port on the switch connected to 1 of the
existing jack that goes back to the switch in the wiring closet. The
switch in the wiring closet is connected to a router to the internet
and internet browsing is going to be a big use here. My concern is
that performance will suffer due to all 20 PCs going through 1 port.
Shouldn't we at least buy five 4 port switchs and make use of all 5
jacks in the conference room.
Or, connect a wireless router to 1 of the jacks and put wireless NICs
in the PCs (Vista Home Basic o/s). Does that buy us anything?
Thanks for any advice and please let me know if the scenario needs
clarification.
TIA |
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