Thank for your answer Drew Dunn and Dave Gillett.

  This is exactly the king of info that I need.

Considering your recommendation, I would use NETGEAR 8-PORT DS108NA 10/100
AUTOSENSING Hub. Do the 10/100 AUTOSENSING future may cause performance
degradation?

I Also Would go for 100Mb RJ-45 while possible. For my 386/486 I will use
10Mb as there's no other way! Is that true? Unless I find better, I will
probably use Netgear FA310TX NIC as it seem cheaper than the Intel one.

In case where the 10/100 autosensing Hub would not perform well, Could the
following setup work properly or this is a no sence?

                             |----------------- Computer B
                    -------------
Computer A --------|  100Mh Hub  |------------- Computer C
                    -------------
                    |      |    |----------------- Computer D
                    |      |----------------- Computer E
                    |
                    --------------
                   | 100/10Mh Hub |------------ Computer F
                    --------------
                         |    |----------------- Computer G
                         |
                         |----------------- Computer H


I also miss information about ISA 10Mh NIC and about the cables needed for a
100/10Mh RJ-45 ethernet network and the care that must be taken.

Thank!


Martin Trevorn
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