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Re: Autosensing hub question
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Bob Wright <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 20 Jun 1999 08:05:29 -0600
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At 08:22 PM 6/14/99 , Martin Trevorn wrote:
>I was Considering buying a NETGEAR 8-PORT DS108NA 10/100 AUTOSENSING Hub but
>someone tell me that when using this king of hub, the system will use the
>speed of the lower NIC. Meaning that if a NIC is 10Mh all the network is at
>10Mh.
>
>Could someone confirm if that is true?

Autosensing hubs sense the lowest transfer rate of the NICs connected
and then all data moves through the hub at that rate.  A 10mb card with
all the other cards at 10/100mb will slow that whole system to 10mb.

If you wish to have 100mb transfers on your system, you will need to
use a Switch instead of a Hub.   Switches are about 3 to 4 times the
cost of a hub.  They allow 10mb and 10/100mb cards to be connected
and services all the cards at each cards speed.


                Bob Wright
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