On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 23:05:57 -0500, Scott Robbins wrote:

>On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 09:48:50PM -0600, Tillman wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:11:31PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>> > I've seen little difference.  But DON"T BUY A HUB!  Buy a switch
>> > instead.  They'll give you better performance, and they hardly cost
>> > any more.
>>=20
>> Great advice. It looks like Cisco has even stopped listing hubs for sale
>> - layer two switching seems to firmly in control these days :-)
>
>The price difference has really become almost non-existent--one thing
>that we've found to happen with some cheap switches (a year or so old,
>hasn't happened with newer cheap switches) is that if one moves a computer
>from one location to another, the switch seems to take its time flushing
>its tables and the box won't immediately be able to get an address.
>It's only happened once or twice with a VERY cheap Linksys (again, the
>switch is probably 1-2 years old, and this problem might be fixed by
>now).
>
>I should also add that we never fully determined that was the
>problem--it was usually a matter of trying this and that and eventually
>the box would get an address and only afterwards did we think of the
>switch as the culprit.

I just picked up two Dell PowerConnect 2016 (16 port 10/100
autosensing) for $99 a piece on sale from dell.  they are
rack-mountable and seem to work well, and has uplink autosensing.

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doug reynolds | the maverick | [EMAIL PROTECTED]



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