On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:
> Is there a good FAQ based site for the comparison between switch versus hub?
> I know the differences in terms (segments, full duplex etc) but I want to
> have some nice info so I can make up my mind.
Switches are better. They reduce the collision domain for a given network
segment, which results in less broadcasts going to each node - which in
turn results in overall more efficient use of network bandwidth.
References
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue42/tag/6.html
http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gorry/course/lan-pages/switch.html
> Are there any good sites regarding the differences between brands, eg
> cisco verus netgear versus 3com versus blah blah?
There's at leasta basic comparison at
http://home.earthlink.net/~achien98/compare.html
doesn't include "big" vendors like Cisco or 3Com, though. But it's a start
SLUG list only CC'd because there is a reference to Linux here - Linux
Gazette. :-)
DaZZa
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