switch and network

Hello,

I want to set up a network with several servers, users and a switch.
The main consern is that the network must be cheap (utp) and it must be
as performant as I can get it. I'm not a network specialist but have
some very basic nolledge of it.

If I have a switch (24 ports) and I will connect 8 servers on that
switch (everyone on a different port). If I put them all in the same
network-segment, does the collision domain spans over the 5 ports or
does the switch splits the collision domain up on every port, knowing
that they are in the same segment?

If it is not split up, would a router be a solution?

Thanks for the help,
Bob

bob wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to set up a network with several servers, users and a switch.
> The main consern is that the network must be cheap (utp) and it must be
> as performant as I can get it. I'm not a network specialist but have
> some very basic nolledge of it.
>
> If I have a switch (24 ports) and I will connect 8 servers on that
> switch (everyone on a different port). If I put them all in the same
> network-segment, does the collision domain spans over the 5 ports or
> does the switch splits the collision domain up on every port, knowing
> that they are in the same segment?
>
> If it is not split up, would a router be a solution?
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Bob
>

Switches break up collision domains.

This means on each port you got one collision domain while your servers
are still in the same broadcast domain (network-segment).

Hope this helps you,

Michael

"bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> If I have a switch (24 ports) and I will connect 8 servers on that
> switch (everyone on a different port). If I put them all in the same
> network-segment, does the collision domain spans over the 5 ports or
> does the switch splits the collision domain up on every port, knowing
> that they are in the same segment?

The collision domain only span one switch port.

A router can be used to split the broadcast domain.

--
Jacob