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Central Wiring Closet
With 24 parallel bridging ports (i.e., 24 distinct collision domains), this
switch can collapse a complex network down into a single efficient bridged
node, increasing overall bandwidth and throughput.
In the figure below, the 1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports on the switch are
providing 1 Gbps full-duplex connections for up to 24 local segments. In
addition, the switch is also connecting remote servers over fiber optic
cable at 1 Gbps.
Figure 2-2 Central Wiring Closet
10/100Mbps Segments
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10/100/1000Switch
ServerFarm
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TigerSwitch10/100/1000
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