Multi-Port Bridge With High-Bandwidth Backbone - D-Link DES-1200M User Manual

Connecting servers through 100Base-TX ports increases
performance to the clients, even if the clients are on 10Base-T
segments.
Because multiple 10Base-T devices can access the file server
at the same time through a 100Base-TX connection,
performance increases to beyond the performance of standard
10Base-T or 100Base-TX hubs. Operating the 4-Slot Modular
Switch at full duplex further increases performance
1000Base Solution
You can upgrade your server with a Gigabit Ethernet NIC, and
introduce a Gigabit backbone switch too. This contains several
switch ports which provides much faster access to your server
with minimum disruption. See Figure 16.

Multi-port Bridge with High-Bandwidth Backbone

With a 4-Slot Modular Switch, you can divide large network to
ease congestion, and connect 10Base-T networks to 100Base-
TX or 100Base to 1000Base networks for more flexibility.
Adding your 4-Slot Modular Switch to a large network creates
more segments in that network. The 4-Slot Modular Switch
built-in filtering function separates a segment's local traffic from
network traffic, reducing the amount of network traffic and
easing congestion.
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