Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 15:54:48 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: joe@thebestisp.com (Joe) Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: FreeBSD firewall questions Message-ID: <199802122354.PAA02288@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <01bd377a$aaa63900$b221dccc@subzero.thebestisp.com> from Joe at "Feb 11, 98 11:54:22 pm"
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Joe wrote: > 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 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. 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.. shhhhh.,......dont tell that to my linksys pcmcia 10baset card, smc 8 port ethernet hub, and smc pci card. i am getting over 9Mbps over utp. jmb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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