which 8-port 10/100 hub is best?

Gary Kline kline at thought.org
Thu Mar 18 23:01:31 PST 2004



	Thanks for everybody's input.  I'll check around.  

	gay

On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 10:54:49PM -0600, W. D. wrote:
> 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 
> >	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!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/
> 
> 

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