Uhhh no... if two 100 Mbit machines connect to a 100 Mbit hub then they can communitate at full speed.
A 10 mbit machine and a 100 Mbit machine talk at 10 Mbit, regardless of a switch or a hub. The time a switch comes into its own is when two pairs of machines are communicating, a switch will permit two conversations at 100 Mbit each, but a hub will allow only half of that. In short, switches come out best when theres lots of traffic between lots of machines. For light home usage, a hub is indistinguishable from a switch. > ---------- > From: Volker Kuhlmann[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 2:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT - network speed > > > Question is, can I mix and match computers with 10 and 100 M cards > on the same lan, or will the whole lan drop back to 10M to match the > slowest ethernet cards. > > You can mix and match, yes. However, if you have a simple hub, everything > connected to taht hub will drop to the slowest common denominator, > i.e. you're wasting your 100M cards. You want a switch, which adopts to > speed individually on each port. I have heard an 8-port one can be had for > $200, but I'm not sure whether that's true. You probably want a 16 anyway. > > Volker >
