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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