In the last episode (Dec 14), Scott Robbins said:
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 04:15:34PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
On Friday, 13 December 2002 at 23:05:57 -0500, Scott Robbins wrote:
... is that if one moves a computer from one location to another,
the switch seems to take its time
At 2002-12-15T02:07:33Z, Bsd Neophyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
For example, a new catalyst 2912, depending on options, will run you
between $2000-$5200, while a 12 port fast ethernet hub will run you about
$200-$300.
For maximum cost savings, build a cheap ( $400) FreeBSD server with three
At 10:07 PM -0800 12/12/02, Gary D Kline wrote:
Hi People,
Before I (potentially) throw aay some bills, I thought I'd
ask the hardware-savvy if there is any appreciable difference
between makes of hubs.
After 5 years I am getting ready to move up to a 10/100 RJ-45
hub. I've got a 5-port
On Saturday, 14 December 2002 at 5:43:54 -0800, Bsd Neophyte wrote:
--- Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've seen little difference. But DONT BUY A HUB! Buy a switch
instead. They'll give you better performance, and they hardly cost
any more.
i have to be the voice of
On Saturday 14 December 2002 07:25 pm, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I tried a test here between two machines on my network. In each
case, the data went via the Cisco 2900 switch and then either via a
hub or a second switch. The remote machine has a 10 Mb/s interface.
Here are the results
--- Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not sure you meant to write what you did, but I'm not 100% I
understand. But yes, latency isn't an issue. Even if it is, switches
still win.
My point is that generic switches are not faster than hubs, because of the
added latency
On Saturday, 14 December 2002 at 18:07:33 -0800, Bsd Neophyte wrote:
--- Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not sure you meant to write what you did, but I'm not 100% I
understand. But yes, latency isn't an issue. Even if it is, switches
still win.
My point is that generic
Hi People,
Before I (potentially) throw aay some bills, I thought I'd
ask the hardware-savvy if there is any appreciable difference
between makes of hubs.
After 5 years I am getting ready to move up to a 10/100 RJ-45
hub. I've got a 5-port
On Thursday, 12 December 2002 at 22:07:19 -0800, Gary D Kline wrote:
Hi People,
Before I (potentially) throw aay some bills, I thought I'd
ask the hardware-savvy if there is any appreciable difference
between makes of hubs.
After 5 years I am getting ready to
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:11:31PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I've seen little difference. But DONT BUY A HUB! Buy a switch
instead. They'll give you better performance, and they hardly cost
any more.
Great advice. It looks like Cisco has even stopped listing hubs for sale
- layer
On Friday, Dec 13, 2002, at 19:41 US/Pacific, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I have three switches in my network: a Cisco 2900 (24 ports), a
Netgear FS105 (5 ports) and a D-Link DSS-8+ (8 ports), in rapidly
decreasing order of cost. I've never had any trouble with any of
them. It's possible that
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 09:48:50PM -0600, Tillman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:11:31PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I've seen little difference. But DONT BUY A HUB! Buy a switch
instead. They'll give you better performance, and they hardly cost
any more.
Great advice. It
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 23:05:57 -0500, Scott Robbins wrote:
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 09:48:50PM -0600, Tillman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:11:31PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I've seen little difference. But DONT BUY A HUB! Buy a switch
instead. They'll give you better
I saw a test a few months ago of several low-end switches, and they
were all non-blocking with similar performance. Pretty much a
commodity item at this point.
On refelection, makes me wonder why I spent $5000 on Cisco 2900 switches 5
years ago.
- Mike
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I would not buy a hub, 8 port unmanaged switches are under a hundred bucks
now.
Brian
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From: Gary D Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 10:07 PM
Subject: uninformed qstn...
Hi People,
Before I
(was: uninformed qstn...)
On Friday, Dec 13, 2002, at 19:41 US/Pacific, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I have three switches in my network: a Cisco 2900 (24 ports), a
Netgear FS105 (5 ports) and a D-Link DSS-8+ (8 ports), in rapidly
decreasing order of cost. I've never had any trouble with any
On Friday, 13 December 2002 at 21:48:50 -0600, Tillman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:11:31PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I've seen little difference. But DONT BUY A HUB! Buy a switch
instead. They'll give you better performance, and they hardly cost
any more.
Great advice. It
On Friday, 13 December 2002 at 23:05:57 -0500, Scott Robbins wrote:
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 09:48:50PM -0600, Tillman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:11:31PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I've seen little difference. But DONT BUY A HUB! Buy a switch
instead. They'll give you better
On Friday, Dec 13, 2002, at 20:08 US/Pacific, Mike Hogsett wrote:
I saw a test a few months ago of several low-end switches, and they
were all non-blocking with similar performance. Pretty much a
commodity item at this point.
On refelection, makes me wonder why I spent $5000 on Cisco 2900
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 04:15:34PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
On Friday, 13 December 2002 at 23:05:57 -0500, Scott Robbins wrote:
... is that if one moves a computer
from one location to another, the switch seems to
take its time flushing
its tables and the box won't immediately
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