T 2.25 Reduction of transmission or execution speed caused by Peer-to-Peer functions

If one of the operating systems WfW, Windows 95 or Windows NT constitutes the basis for the user interface in a server-based PC network, single Peer-to-Peer functions may restrict the transmission bandwidth in the server-based network, as the same physical medium is being shared. For example, the file access from a server will be delayed considerably if large files are being copied from PC to PC using peer to peer functions.

Within a Peer-to-Peer network a single PC can be configured as Server, meaning it can act as an application server or as a file server for other computers. During its work the Peer-to-Peer functions cause an additional system load, reducing the performance of the computer significantly.