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Re: connecting 3 computers without a router

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Hello,

Orson Cart a écrit :
> 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,

If the ports have automatic MDI/MDI-X configuration, you can use
straight cables.

> I eliminate the delay of a router.

The device used to interconnect nodes in a network is a switch, not a
router. A router is used to interconnect networks.

> Is this topology used by anybody? Does it have a name?

I would say that's a kind of point-to-point topology.

> Any hidden surprises?

As each link is a separate network, you cannot send a single broadcast
to all hosts.

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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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