On Wed, 09 Jan 2002 19:43:43 -0500, Randy wrote: > Pierre Fortin wrote: > > I've recently uncovered some nasty problems with my LinkSys router; and a> > recent purchase of what they sell as a *hub* turns out to really be a> > *switch* (I wanted a *hub* for a very specific purpose)... > > Pierre, > > I'm curious, a switch is almost always better than a hub -- hmm, maybe > unless you're trying to do some multicasting, but, even then, I'm not > sure. What purpose do you need a hub rather than a switch for? > > Randy Kramer
True; but for monitoring the Internet side on my DSL router, I need to see all packets, not just broadcast/multicast packets. I described the problems on my web pages (http://pfortin.com/Linux/LinkSys/) Looks to me like the LinkSys hub and switch are probably the same internally... but I need a hub... Pierre
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