Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 23:01:25 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: which 8-port 10/100 hub is best? Message-ID: <20040319070125.GA58592@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20040318225155.0964c650@209.152.117.178> References: <20040319034512.GA21920@tao.thought.org> <5.1.0.14.2.20040318225155.0964c650@209.152.117.178>
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Thanks for everybody's input. I'll check around. gay On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 10:54:49PM -0600, W. D. wrote: > At 21:45 3/18/2004, Gary Kline, wrote: > > > > People, > > > > I'm upgrading my hub from a 5-port hub and thought I would check > > with this list to see if the Linksys EFAH08W is still a good > > deal. If there is somethng other that would work equally well > > on my FreeBSD netwrk, please le me know. (I've had good luck > > with Linksys, but have read some negative comments.....) > > > > thanks much, > > > > gary > > Hey Gary, > > If there is a possibility that you will have some heavy traffic > at times, the best hub is a switch! You are likely to have > less bandwidth wasting collisions during high traffic periods. > > NetGear switches seem to provide very good value for me. > > Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ > > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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