Networking Question?

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "Mike Yates"
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> Rob Morley wrote:
>
> >>Switches are 100Mb/s
> >>Hubs are 10Mb/s
> >
> > What gave you that idea? Both switches and hubs can be 10 or 100 Mb/s.
> >
> Well, you might remember that when switches were made at 10Mb/s in the
> olden days, they cost well over £1000.

When I were a lad ...

> Is anyone bothering to make hubs with 100Mb/s ports, now that switches
> are almost as cheap?

Yes.

> I'm just talking about the bottom end of the market, where most of us
> find ourselves ;-)
>
> In any case, as Groove has answered, routers nowadays have four switched
> 100Mb/s ports on the back, almost "thrown in for free".
>
There you go generalising again. Many broadband routers have an
integrated switched hub, but not all do.

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 12:23:13 -0000, "[ Vietnam Sam ]"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>How tricky is it to get them talking to each other as I think they may want
>to share Broadband in the very near future? [just needing a rough guide
>please]

Ah, the little bit of extra info that completely changes the story
Going Broadband then I echo the router recommendation - but make sure
they get a DSL modem with ethernet and not just USB.

But given the debate over switches vs hubs, I imagine someone will now
post "just use Internet Connection Sharing". )

jay

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "Jay"
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 12:23:13 -0000, "[ Vietnam Sam ]"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >How tricky is it to get them talking to each other as I think they may want
> >to share Broadband in the very near future? [just needing a rough guide
> >please]
>
> Ah, the little bit of extra info that completely changes the story
> Going Broadband then I echo the router recommendation - but make sure
> they get a DSL modem with ethernet and not just USB.
>
> But given the debate over switches vs hubs, I imagine someone will now
> post "just use Internet Connection Sharing". )
>
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