Responding to one point from Fred...
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Fred Wright wrote:
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> Aside from allowing more machines, hubs have the benefit of providing LEDs
> to show activity, which can be very handy when chasing problems. Activity
> LEDs on stations, when they exist at all, are usually in some really
> inconvenient place. If you *know* you'll be getting more machines later,
> by all means use the hub from the start. 5-port hubs are only about $30
> these days. The only disadvantage is the inability to use full duplex,
> but it's pretty rare to get a significant benefit from that, anyway (plus,
> older Amiga Ethernet cards typically don't support it).
>
I bought a Linksys switch for about $40 after rebate, which supports
100Mb/Full Duplex. Unfortunately, the one test I ran at 100Mb/full
duplex between two PCs (Windows based) resulted in a net transfer speed of
about 1MB (yes MB) per second; stepping the post speed down to 10Mb/Half
Duplex resulted in a transfer of about 500KB per second. I guess we get
what we pay for!
> Fred Wright
jeh
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