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> Just a question. I plan to upgrade my home network to 100 baseT which will > require a new hub, and at least 1 new NIC. The question is can a 100Mbit > hub support 100Mbits between 2 100Mbit NICS when one or both of the other > hub ports are connected to a 10Mb NIC. Or will just the connection to a > 10Mbit NIC cause the entire network to run at 10. The issue is that the Yes. > Alpha has an on-board 10Mbit NIC and another computer is idle most of the > time. I know I can do this with a switch, but that is an overkill. I wouldn't really call it overkill. If you walk into a local CompUSA, you can find a SohoWare 10/100 autosensing switch for about 90 bucks, whereas their 10/100 autosensing hub model is about 70 (5 ports on both). Pick up a couple according to your needs and you'll be set. Certainly can't beat the throughput. Brian J. Conway dogbert at clue4all.net - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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