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To: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@revelstone.jvm.com>
Subject: Re: 100Mbps cards, hubs, and Cisco router
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>1)  Any recommendations on 100BaseT cards for fbsd?
>

SMC EtherPower 10/100 or any of the other name brand DEC 21140-based cards.   
the 21140A-based cards are now also supported by the de driver, as i recall.

>2)  Anyone got a hub they're particularly happy or unhappy with?
>

a 100Mb hub always seemed like such a waste to me.  switching is the way to  
go.  even 10Mb switches are amazingly better than hubs.

i am very fond of my baynetworks switches, but they are pretty expensive.

>3)  How does one hook a Cisco 2501A to a 100Mbps hub?  Is there an
>AUI-to-100BaseT adapter?

one gets a hub or switch that supports 10Mb as well as 100Mb and one plugs  
it in.  no adapter needed.


b3n