[rescue] Gigabit Ethernet (Copper) Switch Advice SOught

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 04:06:45PM +0200, Bjorn Ramqvist wrote:
> "Joshua D. Boyd" wrote:
> > 
> > > Be aware; some of these switches may not get even near the 1GigaBit they
> > > claim. They are very least suitable for heavy traffic, from what I've
> > > read.
> > > (I'd guess home networking is OK though)
> > 
> > How is networking at home different?  You still have heavy load over
> > long periods of time from numerous machines at once, don't you?
> 
> Hmm.
> Definition in this case:
> 
> "Home network" = 2-3 machines at home, with bursts of NFS/SMB traffic
> "Company network" = 1000 machines, with contigous bursts and peaks of
> NFS/SMB traffic

Is that supposed to be the definition of consumer crap home networking,
or the definition of home networking for list members?