From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 7 10:42:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA21099 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 7 May 1996 10:42:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from junior.lgc.com (junior.lgc.com [134.132.10.15]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA21093 for ; Tue, 7 May 1996 10:42:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dympna by junior.lgc.com (8.6.9/lgc.1.26) id MAA08682; Tue, 7 May 1996 12:42:10 -0500 Message-ID: <318F8B52.2781@lgc.com> Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 12:41:38 -0500 From: Rob Snow Organization: Landmark Graphics, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b3 (X11; I; IRIX 6.2 IP22) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Batie CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home networks (or 10Base-T ways to annoy your spouse) References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Alan Batie wrote: > > > 10b2 is 1: less reliable than 10bT > > I have to confirm this --- after having had my network jam once too many > times because of the connectors, I threw it all out and switched to 10BaseT. > With hubs down to $100-150, it's not very expensive and very well worth it. Hmmm? I just paid $75-80 for a 5 port 10bT hub for my apartment. I got it a CompUSA and that wasn't a sale. > -- > Alan Batie ______ We're Starfleet officers: > batie@agora.rdrop.com \ / Weird is part of the job. > +1 503 452-0960 \ / --Captain Janeway > DE 3C 29 17 C0 49 7A 27 \/ 40 A5 3C 37 4A DA 52 B9 > > It is my policy to avoid purchase of any products from companies which > use unrequested email advertisements or telephone solicitation. -- Rob Snow rsnow@lgc.com Sr. Systems Administrator Phone: 713.560.1072 Landmark Graphics, Inc. FAX: 713.560.1168