RE: Network switch just died :(

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Personally, I would answer those:

No,

Yes.

Respectively.

Others may disagree, but I chose not to pay extra for managed over
unmanaged as I reckoned I'd probably never really need those facilities
in my LAN, and also because if configurability is there, that's just one
*more* thing you have to play with... - I'd rather just keep this as
plug-&-play simple as possible, since I already have far too many
things
to sort out thanks!

I guess it would depend to a degree what you're doing on your LAN. - I
suppose the QOS stuff could be useful if you're sending many video
streams and/or VOIP traffic alongside normal file-shifting. However, a
GBIT LAN should be perfectly able to cope with a reasonable amount of
all that without needing QOS to guarantee good video/voip response...

Paul G.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
> Paul Gale
> Sent: 21 August 2006 13:52
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Network switch just died :(
>
> Is traffic shaping and QoS useful in a home/small office environment?
I
> typically have a couple of workstations running and 3-4 other
'servers'.
> Traffic is generally normal stuff (exchange), FTP uploads, Bit Torrent
> etc.
>
> Are these technologies only really useful once you start getting many
> users on the network and start saturating the switch? Or might there
be
> other benefits?
>
> Paul.
>
>
>