[K12OSN] hub vs. switch

[Doug Simpson]

The switch will work better once you get several terminals wrking.  You 
won't see much difference with just a few terminals.  Get 3 or more 
(depending on hardware) and you'll start to see that hub getting 
bottlenecked.

DS

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Will Hatch wrote:

> I managed to get a couple work stations booted and my internet connection working through eth1, but I've been told that a switch will work much better than the Netgear 8 port dual-speed hub that I have been attempting to use to connect to eth0.  Can anybody verify this? Thanks! -Will
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Doug Simpson
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