Reply to post: Re: Well that was an invisible problem

Ooh, my machine is SO much faster than yours... Oh, wait, that might be a bit of a problem...

Roland6 Silver badge

Re: Well that was an invisible problem

>Yes, but the advent of WiFi meant we only needed 5 connections plus a spare for a visitor's laptop with ethernet.

Funny thing, I previously thought that (WiFi would reduce the number of physical ports)...

Last year I got involved in a network upgrade for a charity, the 8 new WiFi AP's (needed to cover the site) and other bits of kit that needed a physical port meant they needed more physical ports (and a larger data comms cabinet) than they had previously...

I note the $30, suspect funding rules are slightly different, in the UK funders are more prepared to contribute to Capex (new switch) than Opex (biscuits) expenditure...

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