Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!MacUserLabs From: MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: LocalTalk Speeds Message-ID: <22688@cup.portal.com> Date: 30 Sep 89 23:24:04 GMT References: <2476@dogie.macc.wisc.edu> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 31 yahnke@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Ross Yahnke, MACC) writes: >I know that LocalTalk, (and especially PhoneNET) is much cheaper than >Ethernet. I'm wondering if it would pay to use Ethernet, tho. > >Let's say we have 15 Mac SEs hooked up to one Mac SE/30 as server, >using PhoneNET and AppleShare. > ... >We repeat this setup 4 times and therefore have 60 macs w/four >servers. Would 15 nodes trying to run an application like MacPascal >hopelessly bog down the SE/30? Ethernet would speed up data transfer between the server and the workstation as well as be able to handle much more traffic. In this case I don't think the net would be the bottleneck, the server would (provided the net is designed properly). PLUG: The piece I did on enhanced LocalTalk in the October issue should also give you a bit more food for thought as far as which net to go with. Hope this helps. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Stephan Somogyi MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com NetWorkShop Coord. or MacUser ...{apple|uunet|sun}!cup.portal.com!MacUserLabs Stay alert, trust no-one, keep your laser handy. Any opinions expressed above are mine.