From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 18 20:55:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7585316A4CE for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:55:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from usw2.natel.net (2b.bz [209.152.117.190]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D458643D1D for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:55:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from WD@US-Webmasters.com) Received: (qmail 88854 invoked from network); 19 Mar 2004 04:55:25 -0000 Received: from batv-01-020.dialup.netins.net (HELO xyz.US-Webmasters.com) (216.248.109.21) by us-webmasters.com with SMTP; 19 Mar 2004 04:55:25 -0000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20040318225155.0964c650@209.152.117.178> X-Sender: wd@209.152.117.178 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:54:49 -0600 To: Gary Kline From: "W. D." In-Reply-To: <20040319034512.GA21920@tao.thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: which 8-port 10/100 hub is best? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 04:55:27 -0000 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=20 > 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!=99 -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-pa= ge/