Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:22:39 -0800 From: "Kurt" <kurtbuff@spro.net> To: "'Vulpes Velox'" <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com>, "'Gary Kline'" <kline@thought.org> Cc: 'FreeBSD Mailing List' <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: which 8-port 10/100 hub is best? Message-ID: <02fa01c40e19$d64c1c60$3f05a8c0@bfgapollo1> In-Reply-To: <20040319170656.08c09ab4@vixen42.>
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Sayeth Volpes: I would suggest advoiding hubs, as switches are uber cheap nodays and give better performace... multiple collision zones and traffic is not broadcast to everyone. I am currently using a Zonet ZFS3008... it is cheap and works nicely... had one die on me from over heating thought... this on runs a lot cooler thought. Forget what model the one that died after a year was, but it had the LEDs on top and the power plug on the opasite side the the RJ45 connectors. >>>> I have a small nit to pick. There are times when a hub is just the thing. NTOP and ETHEREAL are my favorite examples for this (especially in a small environment, when management won't spend for a managed switch that can mirror/span ports) but there are other reasons as well when you might want a machine to see all of the traffic coming across the wire. Kurt
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