>Hubs go "poof" far less often than PCs running Linux. I have to whole heartedly agree with Russell on this. I have been running a handful of el cheapo 4 and 8 port hubs here for years and the only failure in thousands of hours of use was loseing a BNC port on 2 from a lightning strike on the thinnet connecting 2 buildings. Plus there are a LOT less components to fail in a hub than a PC running anything for an OS.
It never pays to overthink the plumbing. The simple solution general is the best. Just my $.02 Tom
