Re: switch and network

bob wrote: 
Hello,

I want to set up a network with several servers, users and a switch.
The main consern is that the network must be cheap (utp) and it must be
as performant as I can get it. I'm not a network specialist but have
some very basic nolledge of it.

If I have a switch (24 ports) and I will connect 8 servers on that
switch (everyone on a different port). If I put them all in the same
network-segment, does the collision domain spans over the 5 ports or
does the switch splits the collision domain up on every port, knowing
that they are in the same segment?

If it is not split up, would a router be a solution?

Thanks for the help,
Bob


Switches break up collision domains.

This means on each port you got one collision domain while your servers
are still in the same broadcast domain (network-segment).

Hope this helps you,

Michael
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