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Introduction
Figure 1-5 shows two Ethernet segments, A and B, that do not include a SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX.
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Figure 1-5. Multiple Ethernet Segments Sharing 100 Mbps Bandwidth
Each host on segments A and B is limited to sharing a network bandwidth of 10 Mbps.