|  | 1.1 | LAN Switching
| 1.1.7 | Asymmetric switching
An asymmetric LAN switch provides switched connections between ports of unlike bandwidth, such as a combination of 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps ports. This type of switching is also called 10/100 switching. Asymmetric switching is optimized for client-server network traffic flows where multiple clients are simultaneously communicating with a server, requiring more bandwidth dedicated to the switch port that the server is connected to in order to prevent a bottleneck at that port. Memory buffering in an asymmetric switch is required to allow traffic from the 100 Mbps port to be sent to a 10 Mbps port without causing too much congestion at the 10 Mbps port.
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