Totally OT: Netgear Hubs and Switches - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Oct 1999

--- Richard Erlacher &lt;edick(a)idcomm.com&gt; wrote:
...
  I've got three of their FA310 adapters and a
4-port FE104 hub for my 100BTx
 segment.  It's cheap, though there are cheaper ones, and the adapters work
 at both 10 and 100 Mb rates.  The hub does not handle both speeds, though...

 ...I've been satisfied with this hardware...
 If you can justify it, a switching hub, capable of full duplex would perhaps
 be nicer, since you then don't have to string two hubs where one will do. 
I have other brands of NICs but a 100% NetGear infrastructure... an EN108,
8-port 10BaseT hub with 10Base2/AUI port on the back (only one works at a
time); an FE104, 100BaseT hub (currently not in use); and an FS108, 10/100
switch.  *That's* the one you want.  It should be available for under $200.
It supports full duplex either by negotiation (for newer stuff) or by force
via configuration switches (for older stuff).  All of this stuff is tiny
with external wall warts.  I like their stuff a lot.

If you don't want a big 10/100 switch, there is also a FS102 and FS104, two
and four port switch, respectively.  I recommend switches over autosensing
hubs.  They tend to pack more buffer RAM and allow independent collision
domains, permitting better network utilization under higher loads.

-ethan

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