Totally OT: Netgear Hubs and Switches

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Oct 28 12:08:31 1999

--- Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com> 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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