21 Apr
2002
21 Apr
'02
9:03 a.m.
On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
I'm finally going to work on hooking up a home
network, so I guess I
need a hub. What should I look for? I don't know much about networks
yet. I have potentially 7 computers that I'd like to have connected.
It'll need to be 10Base-T, but 100base-T may be involved too. I
thought I'd look for something on Ebay, hopefully, not too expensive.
Maybe something commercial grade, However. I thought about something
from IBM or 3Com, any suggestions??
First of all, don't get a hub. Get a switch. And get one with a FDDI
uplink. It'll allow for expansion later. Cisco makes good ones.
Peace... Sridhar