On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 10:14:23PM -0800, Keith Morse wrote:
> Hub good, cross over cable bad, ugh.
Praytell, why do you say so? A hub doesn't do anything except, maybe,
signal regeneration for long runs, almost certainly not an issue here.
Also, a crossover most certainly can handle full duplex--any/all modern
ethernet cards today can--while a hub can't. (Well, it might, if only two
devices are plugged in, but this breaks with more.) The ONLY advantage
of a hub over a crossover is if you want to add more devices.
> Heck, even 4 port 10/100 switches are decently priced anymore.
That's quite true--and not only that, 100BaseT ethernet cards are
exceedingly affordable. Heck, I don't know if you can even *buy* 10BaseT
any more. In any case, I'd recommend anyone to NOT try to use surplus
or hand-me-down 10BaseT cards for a new installation.
> And if you ever entice a friend, or as we call them, freshmeat,
> over to play any one of the ever so refreshing first person shooter
> games with you, the hub will facilitate it nicely.
Howso? Unless they're adding additional machines, that is. If anything,
a hub--as opposed to a switch--will at best do nothing to the network
(2 machines) or slow it down due to collisions (more than two machines).
A switch, now, yes, that'll help you frag the newbie to gobbets faster.
Cheers,
--
Dave Ihnat
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