switch and hub question

[Charly Baker]

On Monday June 7 2004 8:43 pm, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

There are some good reasons to prefer a hub to a switch for a home network, 
the most important to me is that if there is a problem and I have to diagnose 
it one of the first things I want to do is to plug into the hub and watch the 
traffic between the machines that are having the problems.  You lose this 
option with a switch.  Even if you aren't diagnosing a particular problem it 
can be very interesting, educational, and sometimes even useful just to sit 
and watch the traffic.  It beats TV by a long shot.

Charly Baker

> On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 08:40:30PM -0400, Stewart C. Russell wrote:
> > Sonnam have Compaq 100BaseT hubs for $30. I'm very happy with mine.
>
> I got a 5 port 10/100 auto switching netgear switch for about $55 at
> futureshop.  I am never getting a hub again.
>
> Lennart Sorensen
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