Nortel 325-24T Configuration Manual page 84

84 Chapter 1 About Ethernet Switches 325 and 425
Figure 11 Ethernet Switch 425 used as a desktop switch
Before
10BASE-T hub
Up to 24 users
To
Network
Center
Key
10 Mb/s
100 Mb/s
1000 Mb/s
- 23 users share 10 Mb/s (10/24 Mb/s per user)
- Network center bottleneck (10 Mb/s bandwidth)
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After
Ethernet Switch 425-24T
Up to 24 users
To
Network
Center
- 24 users; each with dedicated 100 Mb/s bandwidth
- Network center with dedicated 1 Gb/s full-duplex
bandwith
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