Thank you.
I figured someone would want to be hostile. I think the hub I was using calls itself an "auto-switching" hub, but I've been told that's "something different entirely". I just know that it works this way.
Anyway, thanks.
On Thursday 30 August 2001 13:58, Tor Sigurdsson wrote:
Þann fimmtudagur 30 ágúst 2001 17:30 skrifaðir þú:
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 12:18:53 -0400
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You will link at 100 if your card is 100, but the traffic is still only 10. Don't confuse what you bind at and the actual data transfer speed. It is not physically possible to have a single network segment (what a hub gives) running at two speeds. It's not a matter of "well, my hub is different". No, it's not.
Uhm, I beg to differ :-)
There are things called "swithcing hubs" which are in fact two hubs ( one 10Mbit and one 100Mbit ) with a two-port switch built in to bridge the 10/100 gap. That way, you get "pure" 100<-->100 where possible, "pure" 10<->10, and a 10<->100 switched bridge. They cost about the same as a
It's not a matter of being hostile, only being accurate. There is no such thing as a switching hub; this stuff is very well defined. As a person stated, what you might have is two hubs in the same box with a segment to link the two. Small differnece, but a difference none-the-less. On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:02:05 -0400 David Grove <pete@petes-place.com> wrote: true
switch tho, so I'd rather recommend switches. ( beware tho that some companies sell these things as "personal switches" - which they are not. )
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-tosi