In the last episode (Dec 14), Scott Robbins said:
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 04:15:34PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> > On Friday, 13 December 2002 at 23:05:57 -0500, Scott Robbins wrote:
> > > ... is that if one moves a computer from one location to another,
> > > the switch seems to take its
At 10:07 PM -0800 12/12/02, Gary D Kline wrote:
Hi People,
Before I (potentially) throw aay some bills, I thought I'd
ask the hardware-savvy if there is any appreciable difference
between makes of hubs.
After 5 years I am getting ready to move up to a 10/100 RJ-45
hub. I've got a 5-port L
At 2002-12-15T02:07:33Z, Bsd Neophyte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For example, a new catalyst 2912, depending on options, will run you
> between $2000-$5200, while a 12 port fast ethernet hub will run you about
> $200-$300.
For maximum cost savings, build a cheap (< $400) FreeBSD server with t
--- Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > BTW, I don't know if your switch is configured for cut-through
> > switching or store-and-forward. If it is set for store-and-forward,
> > I'd suggest you change it to cut-through.
>
> I don't care. We're looking at a difference of 200 µs he
On Saturday, 14 December 2002 at 18:07:33 -0800, Bsd Neophyte wrote:
>
> --- Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I'm not sure you meant to write what you did, but I'm not 100% I
>> understand. But yes, latency isn't an issue. Even if it is, switches
>> still win.
>
> My point is tha
--- Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not sure you meant to write what you did, but I'm not 100% I
> understand. But yes, latency isn't an issue. Even if it is, switches
> still win.
My point is that generic switches are not faster than hubs, because of the
added latency asso
On Saturday 14 December 2002 07:25 pm, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>
> I tried a test here between two machines on my network. In each
> case, the data went via the Cisco 2900 switch and then either via a
> hub or a second switch. The remote machine has a 10 Mb/s interface.
> Here are the results
On Saturday, 14 December 2002 at 5:43:54 -0800, Bsd Neophyte wrote:
>
> --- Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I've seen little difference. But DON"T BUY A HUB! Buy a switch
>> instead. They'll give you better performance, and they hardly cost
>> any more.
>
> i have to be the vo
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 04:15:34PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Friday, 13 December 2002 at 23:05:57 -0500, Scott Robbins wrote:
> >
> > ... is that if one moves a computer
> > from one location to another, the switch seems to
> >take its time flushing
> > its tables and the box won't i
On Friday, Dec 13, 2002, at 20:08 US/Pacific, Mike Hogsett wrote:
I saw a test a few months ago of several low-end switches, and they
were all non-blocking with similar performance. Pretty much a
commodity item at this point.
On refelection, makes me wonder why I spent $5000 on Cisco 2900
On Friday, 13 December 2002 at 23:05:57 -0500, Scott Robbins wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 09:48:50PM -0600, Tillman wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:11:31PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>>> I've seen little difference. But DON"T BUY A HUB! Buy a switch
>>> instead. They'll give you
On Friday, 13 December 2002 at 21:48:50 -0600, Tillman wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:11:31PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>> I've seen little difference. But DON"T BUY A HUB! Buy a switch
>> instead. They'll give you better performance, and they hardly cost
>> any more.
>
> Great advi
yeah that was in pc magazine, they divided em up into lo medium and hi
priced categories as well..
Bri
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> I saw a test a few months ago of several low-end switches, and they
> were all non-blocking with similar performance. Pretty much a
> commodity item at this point.
On refelection, makes me wonder why I spent $5000 on Cisco 2900 switches 5
years ago.
- Mike
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On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 23:05:57 -0500, Scott Robbins wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 09:48:50PM -0600, Tillman wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:11:31PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>> > I've seen little difference. But DON"T BUY A HUB! Buy a switch
>> > instead. They'll give you better pe
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 09:48:50PM -0600, Tillman wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:11:31PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> > I've seen little difference. But DON"T BUY A HUB! Buy a switch
> > instead. They'll give you better performance, and they hardly cost
> > any more.
>
> Great advic
On Friday, Dec 13, 2002, at 19:41 US/Pacific, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I have three switches in my network: a Cisco 2900 (24 ports), a
Netgear FS105 (5 ports) and a D-Link DSS-8+ (8 ports), in rapidly
decreasing order of cost. I've never had any trouble with any of
them. It's possible that t
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:11:31PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> I've seen little difference. But DON"T BUY A HUB! Buy a switch
> instead. They'll give you better performance, and they hardly cost
> any more.
Great advice. It looks like Cisco has even stopped listing hubs for sale
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On Thursday, 12 December 2002 at 22:07:19 -0800, Gary D Kline wrote:
>
> Hi People,
> Before I (potentially) throw aay some bills, I thought I'd
> ask the hardware-savvy if there is any appreciable difference
> between makes of hubs.
>
> After 5 years I am getting read
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