On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 09:52:31AM -0600 or thereabouts, Dave Ihnat wrote: > 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.
I just today bought a Linksys 10/100 5-port switch which came *with* an ether10/100 PCI card in the box... for $55 This also includes a shared uplink port for other switches/Hubs.. Couldn't pass it up. I am doing the same thing, file/print sharing with wife's computer, so she can use my laser.. My thinking is that right now, it sure beats wireless for 2 puters, and a laptop.. now we are talking about $400, versus $55 and about 60 feet of cable, which will fit nicely coming up from the basement into 2 rooms through the cable TV connection holes in the floor. Also, wireless is a lot slower, 11 versus 100Mbps.. > 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. -- Best regards, Gary Today's thought: When you come to a fork in the road, take it! _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
