Switch-hub?

[Steven Hildreth]

The RAM would be used to hold the IP forwarding table.

This table tells the switch "ok x.x.x.x is on port 7, and port 3 wants
that ip so send its request to port 7", basically.

The larger the RAM cache the more IP forwarding entries and the less
broadcasts are sent trying to locate "unknown" IP's.

Regards,
Steven

On Fri, 2001-08-24 at 09:35, Brian Densmore wrote:
> Ok, stupid question. Why would you need cache ram in a switch? I could see
> it I suppose if you had a big switch, say 40-50 connections, or fiber optic
> network. What am I missing here? Thanks for the info on the switch vs. hub.
> I never actually thought about getting a switch. So from what I gather a
> switch is one step down from a gateway? Do any switches have gateway
> capability?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Meeker [mailto:rmeeker at kc.rr.com]
> > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:06 AM
> > To: 'Sam Miller'; kclug at kclug.org
> > Subject: RE: Switch-hub?
> > 
> > 
> > If you have a copy of the August Computer User paper, in it there is a
> > coupon for %50 off of any merchandise up to $100.  That means you can
> > get an 8 port NetGear switch for $45 if you like that idea.  
> > The NetGear
> > switch actually has RAM in it to cache the data packets, and I don't
> > believe the Linksys has any cache RAM.
> 
> Brian
> 
> 

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