Cables to Go TE100-S55 manual 10/100 Switching Technology, Benefits of Switching

performance or “wire-speed.” Therefore, a switch effectively splits a physical shared-access LAN into bridged multiple LAN segments. Each segment supports a workgroup and even provides a dedicated connection to a desktop server. The outcome is a multiplication of the overall available bandwidth and a more predictable performance under heavy network loads.

10/100 Switching Technology

Just as 100Base-T is an extension of the existing 10Base-T technology, 10/100 Switching is merely an extension of 10Base-T Switching. The 10/100 Switch provides not only the 10/100Mbps high-speed transmission rate per segment, but it also bridges 10Base-T and 100Base-T into a harmonious network.

Combining Fast Ethernet and Switching technologies, the 10/100 Switch provides enough bandwidth to satisfy the most demanding workgroups, as well as a high-speed backbone link.

Benefits of Switching

From the technical point of view, Ethernet switching technology dramatically boosts the total bandwidth of a network. It also puts configuration flexibility and bandwidth adaptability into the local workgroups where the majority of work is generated from a business operation. Switching further eliminates the congestion problem inherent to the contention oriented Ethernet CSMA/CD protocol, thereby improving predictable response times under heavy network loads. In the past, this congestion under heavy loads was alleviated using an expensive routing technology.

From the applications point of view, the new wave of object oriented distributed Client/Server applications demands higher bandwidth and tighter integration of client workstations with servers. The legacy shared-access 10Mbps Ethernet technology

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