On Fri, 26 May 2000, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
> Hi there everyone!
>
> Please pardon the potentially crazy question. I need to purchase a new hub
> and requested my supplier to quote me for whatever he could sell. I got
> three brands, but I'll only be asking for a practical comparison of two
> (practical because I've already checked the websites out):
>
> Intel InBusiness 16-port Auto-sensing 10/100 DS Hub P12,000
> 3COM 3C16592A SuperStack II Dual Speed 12-port TX P21,500
>
> I'm wondering ...
>
> 1. Why is the 3Com hub much bigger than the Intel InBusiness hub?
> 2. Why is a 12-port hub more expensive than the 16-port hub?
> 3. Bottomline: what makes the two-fold increase in price worthit?
i think that model of 3Com is stackable compared to the intel which is
probably not.
>
> I hope some of you can enlighten me. I'm presuming you're more experienced
> as far as network hardware is concerned. Apologies for the off-topic. :-)
>
> Thanks in advance! :)
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