Asante Technologies 1012 - Manual (Page 38)

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Chapter 2 — Connecting to the Network
The more hubs and users added, the more traffic occurs on the
backbone, until we eventually reach a point at which overall net-
work performance begins to degrade. As a general rule, bridges
are typically required when users begin to complain that response
times are too great or file transfers are too slow. These symptoms
are usually seen when overall utilization exceeds 40% on a regular
basis. Now it is time to split the net into two segments and add a
bridge between them. Logically, the net will look like this:
Figure 2-2 Bridging between segments
A Simple
Transparent Bridge
ASANTE RESET
AsantéHub 1012
BRIDGE 0000944007B3
ASANTE RESET
AsantéHub 1012
0000944007B3
Segment B 10Base5 backbone
AsantéHub 1012
AsantéHub 1012
AsantéHub 1012
AsantéBridge 1012
ASANTE RESET
AsantéHub 1012
0000944007B3
ASANTE RESET
AsantéHub 1012
0000944007B3
10BaseT to
network devices
10BaseT to
network devices
10BaseT to
network devices
(also on Segment B)
Segment A 10Base5 backbone
Hub 3in1 Port connected to
the Segment B 10Base5 backbone
AsantéHub 1012
AsantéHub 1012
ASANTE RESET
AsantéHub 1012
0000944007B3
ASANTE RESET
AsantéHub 1012
0000944007B3
ASANTE RESET
AsantéHub 1012
0000944007B3
AsantéHub 1012
Bridge External Port connected
to Segment A 10Base5 backbone
10BaseT to
network devices
10BaseT to
network devices
Segment A connected
to the AsantéBridge External
Port
Segment B connected
to the internal
AsantéBridge Hub Port
10BaseT to
network devices
Thin Ethernet connected
to hub 3in1 port
Thin Ethernet connected
to hub 3in1 port
Thin Ethernet connected
to hub 3in1 port
Thin Ethernet connected
to hub 3in1 port