"Bigger pipes and lower prices."
That is the new law of the LAN. And all this is being fed by the
need for more users on the LAN, increase in internetworked LANs,
and by the growth of LAN applications. E-mail and Internet are
the key drivers.
Corporate networkers are using 100 mbps
links to the server. Then, there are autosensing switches, which
can dramatically boost the performance for about two times the
cost of the hub. And new this year are gigabit Ethernet server
connections. This means more capacity for the entire network,
without expensive alternations to end-user desktops.
The Switched Ethernet revenues will continue |
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Even in the space where LANs and WANs meet, switches are making waves ... The action for internetworking |
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