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Re: TCP/IP problem
- From: Gary Thomas <gthomas at ecoscentric dot com>
- To: Marc Pignat <marc dot pignat at hevs dot ch>
- Cc: eCos Discussion <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 27 Sep 2002 06:02:59 -0600
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] TCP/IP problem
- References: <sd941319.013@hevs.ch>
On Fri, 2002-09-27 at 00:13, Marc Pignat wrote:
>
> Have you noticed performance problem with tcp/ip ?
>
> When connected throught a switch, there is no problem and with a hub, a small amount of network traffic reduce the performance by a 10 factor...
This is most likely a result of collisions. On a switch,
each connections between endpoints is virtual - just like
a single, private wire. On a hub, all connections share
the same wire. The way that ethernet transmissions happen,
there will always be collisions on shared transmission media.
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