Date: 12 Feb 1998 16:48:35 +0100 From: Benedikt Stockebrand <benedikt@devnull.ruhr.de> To: "Joe" <joe@thebestisp.com> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Fw: FreeBSD firewall questions Message-ID: <8767mkbz8s.fsf@devnull.ruhr.de> In-Reply-To: "Joe"'s message of "Wed, 11 Feb 1998 23:54:22 -0600" References: <01bd377a$aaa63900$b221dccc@subzero.thebestisp.com>
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"Joe" <joe@thebestisp.com> writes:
> IF YOU DO NOT NEED TO CONNECT MORE THAN TWO COMPUTERS DO NOT USE A HUB! (did
> the caps get your 'tension?) the reasons are simple 1 a hub costs money
Point taken. But OTOH a hub lets you plug in a third box into that
physical network, and in some situations that can be quite handy.
Anyway, I didn't say that a hub was a "better" solution than a
null-hub cable.
> and
> if you were into spending money you wouldn't be using freebsd you'd be
> dealing (and spending a fortune for the same or less effect) with a
> Microsoft or comperable product.
Nothing compares to M$... ok, let's stop this...
> And second you can't expect to get better
> that 60%(+-) ie: 6Mbps rather than 10Mbps throughput so you are paying for
> latency and collissions..Just my two cents..
This depends on the bandwidth your outbound connection has. Here in
Krautland a 2Mbit/s line is still pretty much upper standard, so under
these circumstances even a lowly 10 Mbit/s 10Base2 or 10BaseT wouldn't
be seriously loaded.
As far as latency goes: How much latency is caused by a hub (opposed
to a switch, which is too expensive anyway) and will it be noticeable
if all data is subsequently sent across a long distance connection?
Ben
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