From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 7 11:13:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA22977 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 7 May 1996 11:13:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ormail.intel.com (ormail.intel.com [134.134.192.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA22968 for ; Tue, 7 May 1996 11:13:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ibeam.intel.com (ibeam.jf.intel.com [134.134.208.3]) by ormail.intel.com (8.7.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA10662; Tue, 7 May 1996 11:13:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by ibeam.intel.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #6) id m0uGrHh-000RUMC; Tue, 7 May 96 11:14 PDT Message-Id: X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.5 12/8/95 To: Rob Snow cc: Alan Batie , questions@freebsd.org, lcline@ibeam.jf.intel.com Subject: Re: Home networks (or 10Base-T ways to annoy your spouse) In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 07 May 1996 12:41:38 CDT." <318F8B52.2781@lgc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 11:14:57 -0700 From: Larry Cline Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Rob Snow commented: > 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. > ... sigs deleted I believe Alan was talking about 8 port hubs. I picked up an 8 port hub a few months ago for about $125. -- Larry T. Cline Intel, Hillsboro Or. lcline@ibeam.intel.com Don't ask me! Call griff 6-8841... These are not Intel's opinions; these are not my opinions; I rented them.