> > As a minor point, a machine with a 10 card and a machine with a 100 > > (not 10/100) card connected via a hub won't talk with each other.
> case in point though, is there a way to make them talk? > (i guess a switch (or maybe even a hub) could do the translation) Not directly, no. Either change the speed of one of them (like with serial ports), or use anything which speaks one speed on one side and another speed on the other, e.g. a switch, a box with 2 NICs, ... Volker
