Improving Circuit Capacity
Improving the capacity of the circuit means increasing the number of simultaneous messages the circuit can transmit from network clients to the server(s).
Ways:
- 1. buy a bigger circuit
- 2. examine the LAN protocol (e.g., ethernet versus token ring)
Generally (Token Ring (16 Mbps), Ethernet (10 Mbps))
- Ethernet faster for small networks;
- Token Ring better for large networks with high usage
- response time more consistent in the Token Ring network
- in Token Ring networks no one computer can monopolize the network
- in Ethernet networks one computer can monopolize the network