From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 13 19: 7:18 2002 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 BC38537B401 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 19:07:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5C8F43E4A for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 19:07:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (root@tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id gBD67ND11098 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 22:07:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.12.6/8.11.3) id gBD67Jet008087 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 22:07:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 22:07:19 -0800 From: Gary D Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: uninformed qstn... Message-ID: <20021213060718.GA8054@tao.thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 16 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi People, Before I (potentially) throw aay some bills, I thought I'd ask the hardware-savvy if there is any appreciable difference between makes of hubs. After 5 years I am getting ready to move up to a 10/100 RJ-45 hub. I've got a 5-port Linksys (always had good luckwith Linksys); thinking of buying an 8-port 10/100 Linksys for around $50. Would buying a non-name-brand clone do the same job? (signed) Wondering-in-Washington. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message