I have a 10BaseT Dumb Hub

what's a swtich?and what does it have that's better then an 8 hub?

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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charles Boening
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 1:51 PM
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> Subject: RE: [expert] Data Collision - How to improve transfer?
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> Hawking Technologies 
> 10/100 Switch 5 Rj45 Auto-
> Sensing 1 Uplink Mini Ext Power 
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> http://www.evergreennetworks.com/product_zoom.asp?action=prodZoom&;
partNumber
=144414

I have a couple of the 8-port versions ... they seem to work very nice.


Charlie




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From: Dan Swartzendruber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 6:18 AM
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Subject: RE: [expert] Data Collision - How to improve transfer?


At 07:43 AM 11/11/99 -0500, Vanco, Donald wrote:
>Not what you want to hear - but switch to ATM.

kind of overkill, no?  what's wrong with a 100mb switch?  a 4-port or so
unit can be had for a couple hundred bucks.  run in full duplex and you
have zero collisions.

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>> Subject: [expert] Data Collision - How to improve transfer?
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>> I know this is not really a Linux issue but...
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>> I'm transferring data between my linbox and winbox.  Both are 
>> equipped with 10/100 NICs through a 10/100 hub.  My max transfer rate
>> stops around 600k/s and my hub's collision light stays on for 
>> the majority of the time during transfer.  Is there any way to improve
>> this transfer rate by cutting down the data collision?
>> 
>> Seve
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