[ILUG] [OT] 100Mb switching hub

[david_hamilton3 at hp.com]

Be warned that this hub does not support 10Mbit connections.
I got a Bay Netgear FS108 10/100 switch from www.dabs.com recently , and 
it does support both speeds.
Retail is 115 STG + VAT etc....

A switching hub is the same as a switch as far as I know, and generally 
gives much better performance by routing network traffic only along the 
links to the required destination using hardware addresses rather than 
doing a broadcast like a hub.  I could be wrong, but that was how I 
thought they worked anyway :-).

Who is selling those other ones?

	David.

-----Original Message-----
From: kenn at bluetree.ie [mailto:kenn at bluetree.ie]
Sent: 22 March 2000 12:50
To: ilug at linux.ie
Subject: FW: [ILUG] [OT] 100Mb switching hub



Apparently this 8-port 100Base-TX switching hub can be
bought in Ireland for IEP 164.  20 quid/port seems very
cheap.  What's the catch?  What is the difference 
between a hub and a switching hub?  Between a switch and
a switching hub?

   http://www.cnetusa.com/switch/cnsh800.html

Later,
Kenn



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