On Mon, 1 Sep 2008, Chris Mathey wrote:
> Eben King wrote:
>> On Sun, 31 Aug 2008, Chris Mathey wrote:
>>
>>> Eben King wrote:
>>>> (Short) Can anyone recommend an 8-position switch? I probably should
>>>> spring for 100 MHz signaling rate this time.
>>>>
>>>> (Long) Not counting Verizon's in-home router, I have two 4s; the first is
>>>> 10 MHz (no NAT; is it therefore a hub?), and the second is the same as
>>>> Verizon's and I intend to move it when DD-WRT is released for it. (Yes,
>>>> that's right folks, from things on the last one, there's three _things_
>>>> before the packet leaves the house.) Anyhow, of the seven ports I have
>>>> available under my desk, I've used six. So I'd like to replace
>>>> switch/hub #1. Suggestions?
>>
>>> Hubs are deprecated. You probably won't find them anymore (ebay of
>>> course). The reason being is that they are merely simple repeaters. A
>>> frame seen on one port is repeated to every port on the device. They also
>>> can only utilize half duplex operation
>>
>> I'm not looking for one; I'm just thinking what I have _is_ one.
> See if it's capable of 100 full duplex operation. A Hub cannot do 100 full
> duplex
Where would I find that information?
On second thought, that's only academic, as the device is 10, not 100,
whatever it is.
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