swithch and hub question
James Knott
james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Mon Jun 7 23:36:46 UTC 2004
hui xu wrote:
> All,
>
> I am building a home network using two computers. One
> computer having two network cards are used as server,
> the other has only one network card are used as client
> computer. My question is :
>
> 1.should I use a switch or hub between them? I tried
> directly connect these two computers without switch or
> hub. It seem that this structure doesn't work. both
> light on these network card are not on.
>
> 2. If the switch or hub is need, why and which kind is
> better?
For your needs, either will work fine, though hubs are getting scarce
and few run at 100 Mb. You could also connect the 2 computers with a
crossover cable.
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