Kweli nqaku, siza kuxubusha iziseko zeiiswitshi zenethiwekhikwaye uphonononge amagama aphambili anje ngeBandwidth, Mpps, Full Duplex, Management, Spanning Tree, kunye neLatency.Nokuba ungumqali womnatha okanye umntu ojonge ukwandisa ulwazi lwakho, eli nqaku lenzelwe ukukunceda ufumane ukuqonda okubanzi kokutshintsha kwenethiwekhi.

Ukutshintshwa kwenethiwekhi yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yothungelwano lwekhompyutheni yanamhlanje, evumela izixhobo ukuba zidibanise kwaye zinxibelelane ngaphakathi kwenethiwekhi yendawo yendawo (LAN).Badlala indima ebalulekileyo ekulawulweni kwetrafikhi yenethiwekhi ngokufanelekileyo nangokukhuselekileyo.Inkalo ebalulekileyo yokutshintsha kukukwazi kwabo ukuphatha inani ledatha edluliselweyo, ilinganiswe kwi-bandwidth.

I-Bandwidth yinto ephambili xa uqwalasela ukusebenza kokutshintsha.Imisela isantya apho idatha idluliswa khona ngaphakathi kwinethiwekhi.I-bandwidth ephezulu ithetha umthamo omkhulu wokuhanjiswa kwedatha, okukhokelela kwizantya zenethiwekhi ezikhawulezayo.Umtshintshi kufuneka ube ne-bandwidth eyaneleyo yokuphatha inani ledatha elindeleke ukuba idluliselwe kwinethiwekhi.

Enye i-metric ebalulekileyo ekufuneka iqwalaselwe yiMpps, emele izigidi zeepakethi ngomzuzwana.I-Mps ilinganisa isantya apho iswitshi iqhuba kwaye ihambisa iipakethi.Okukhona liphezulu ixabiso le-Mps, kokukhona ugqithiso lwamandla lukhawulezayo, luvumela ukuhanjiswa kwedatha engenamthungo ngaphakathi kuthungelwano.

Umtshintshi kwakhona uxhasa unxibelelwano olupheleleyo lwe-duplex, oluvumela ukuhanjiswa kwedatha kunye nokwamkelwa kwangaxeshanye.Kwimowudi ye-duplex epheleleyo, idatha inokuqukuqela kumacala omabini ngaxeshanye, iphinda-phinda kabini umthamo wenethiwekhi.Oku kuchasene ne-half-duplex mode, apho izixhobo zitshintshana ngokuthumela nokufumana idatha.

Ulawulo olusebenzayo lokutshintsha lubalulekile ekugcineni ukusebenza kwenethiwekhi.Ukutshintsha kunokulawulwa kwindawo okanye ukude ngokusebenzisa ujongano lolawulo.Ulawulo lwendawo lubandakanya ukufikelela kunye nokuqwalasela utshintsho ngokuthe ngqo kwi-console port, ngelixa ulawulo olukude luvumela ulawulo oluphakathi kunye nokubeka iliso kwiiswitshi ezininzi kwindawo enye.

Into ebalulekileyo yokutshintsha kwenethiwekhi yiProtocol yeSpanning Tree (STP).I-STP ikhusela iilophu kuthungelwano, nto leyo enokukhokelela ekusasazeni izaqhwithi kunye nokuxinana kwenethiwekhi.Ivumela iiswitshi ukwakha i-loop-free topologies ngokumisela iswitshi enye njenge "root bridge" kunye nokuthintela ngokukhetha amazibuko athile ukuphepha iindlela ezingafunekiyo.