From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu May 8 00:20:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA13636 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 8 May 1997 00:20:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (Ilsa.StevesCafe.com [205.168.119.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA13631 for ; Thu, 8 May 1997 00:20:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA08130 for ; Thu, 8 May 1997 01:20:51 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199705080720.BAA08130@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 From: Steve Passe To: freebsd-hardware@hub.freebsd.org Subject: 100B-TX hubs Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 01:20:51 -0600 Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I've been watching the price of100b-tx hubs drop to the $500-600 level and have decided its time to buy. Just recently saw a netgear F108 (not to be confused with the F508) advertised for $350. This appears to be an "economy" piece of equipment, wall wart xformer, etc. Anyone have opinion on it or netgear. If I decide to spend a bit more I would pick the SMC EZ100, anyone have experience and/or opinions of that hub? Suggestions for other inexpensive 100b-tx hubs? Is there any specific model/series number to choose when ordering the intel 10/100 Pro cards, I expect to order 4 or 5 of something... -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD