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Re: connecting 3 computers without a router

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On 12/30/2011 3:13 PM, David Schwartz wrote:
> On Dec 25, 4:58 pm, "Orson Cart" <ex-pri...@parts.org> wrote:
> 
>> Suppose I have 3 pizza boxes, each has 2 x 1 Gbps ethernet ports.
>> If I connect each to both of the others with crossover cables,
>> I eliminate the delay of a router.
>> Is this topology used by anybody? Does it have a name?
>> Any hidden surprises?
> 
> You don't need crossover cables for Gigabit. That topology is used,
> it's called point-to-point. What it eliminates is not routing but
> switching. Switching delay is generally considered negligible, but
> there are some applications where minimizing it helps, and Gigabit
> ports tend to be pretty cheap.

There's a big difference between "cheap" and "inexpensive"; quality
can be inexpensive:

<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106033>

<http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/network-adapters/gigabit-network-adapters/gigabit-ct-desktop-adapter.html>

<http://www.intel.com/content/dam/doc/product-brief/gigabit-ct-desktop-adapter-brief.pdf>

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connecting 3 computers without a router "Orson Cart" <ex-privat@parts.org> - 2011-12-26 01:58 +0100
  Re: connecting 3 computers without a router Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2011-12-26 11:26 +0100
    Re: connecting 3 computers without a router Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> - 2011-12-26 18:46 -0800
      Re: connecting 3 computers without a router Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2011-12-27 10:45 +0100
  Re: connecting 3 computers without a router Mark Evans <mpe@anacon.freeserve.co.uk> - 2011-12-29 17:33 +0000
    Re: connecting 3 computers without a router Bernhard Kupfer <nntp@compukiller.net> - 2011-12-29 22:14 +0100
  Re: connecting 3 computers without a router David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> - 2011-12-30 15:13 -0800
    Re: connecting 3 computers without a router Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2011-12-31 10:40 -0800
  Re: connecting 3 computers without a router Christian Brandt <brandtc@psi5.com> - 2012-01-13 14:11 +0100

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