Network Finds

From: Eric J. Korpela <korpela_at_ssl.berkeley.edu>
Date: Mon Apr 22 10:27:53 2002

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> I hope to start hooking up a mix of hardware very soon and have over the
> last week picked up a Linksys Fast Ethernet 5-Port Workgroup Hub model
> FEHUB05W ($2.92), a Linksys EtherFast cable/DSL Router model BEFSR41
> ($20), and a Katron 10BASE-T Ethernet hub 8 Plus model Hub/8 ($10) and
> now have tofigure which to use?

You got some good deals. The BEFSR41 is a switch with a built in firewall
and DHCP server. Setup is web based. Does either hub have a 10B2 connection?
Here's how I would set it up....

Internet-----BEFSR41--------HUB---------10B2
                | |
                | |
                | |
              100BT 10BT
             machines machines
           (full duplex)
Received on Mon Apr 22 2002 - 10:27:53 BST