CP 343-1 
Manual, 12/2018, C79000−G8976−C201-08 
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Transmission and reaction times 
Measured values on the Internet 
 
Note 
Measured values of transmission and reaction times over Ethernet, PROFIBUS and 
PROFINET networks for a series of configurations can be found on the Internet at 
the 
 
http://www.siemens.com/automation/pd (
http://www.siemens.com/automation/pd)  
 
Number of possible Ethernet/PROFINET connections 
Maximum number of parallel connections 
Table 2- 1  Maximum number of parallel connections 
Permitted number of simultaneous connections in 
total over Industrial Ethernet 
32 maximum 
You can, for example, operate: 
●  16 S7 connections, of which 
–  8 PUT jobs 
–  8 GET jobs 
●  16 SEND/RECV connections, of which 
–  2 ISO-on-TCP connections 
–  8 TCP connections 
–  6 UDP connections