Setting up a network and sharing internet

[James Knott]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 09:52:22AM -0400, James Knott wrote:
>>One thing 10 Mb hubs are still useful for, is testing.  You can insert a
>>computer running ethereal between a computer and switch.  The
>>disadvantage is that you've now changed the connection to half duplex
>>and possible also forced a 100 Mb or gigabit NIC to run at 10 Mb.
> 
> Well any hub is useful for that, even a 100mbit one.  Of course so is a
> decent switch with port mirroring option.

I thought we were talking about "cheap" hardware.  ;-)

I just happen to have a spare 10 Mb hub, with a 10base2 connector.
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