<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">G'Day !</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thank you for all your responses. In summary it sounds like the cheapest and easiest way is to use (2) 8 port switches that are independent of each other. (ie not uplinked).</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Do they have to be switches or will a generic non-switching hub work ?<br>
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cheers,<br>
Jim Parker<br>
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Sailboat racing is not a matter of life and death .... It is far more important than that !!!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">G'Day !</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">If I have 8 nodes each with (2) 100Mb Ethernet cards, and I want to use channel bonding. Can I use (1) 16 port switch, or do I need (2) 8 ports ? If I use the (2) 8 ports, do the switches need to be connected to each other or are they isolated from each other ?<br>
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cheers,<br>
Jim Parker<br>
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Sailboat racing is not a matter of life and death .... It is far more important than that !!!</font>
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