-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 a hub is dumb. it takes the data and sends it to all hosts. the host that needed the data excepts it but all the others don't. that's what makes a hub slow. expecially if you have more then 2 clients. a switch is smart. it knows where the data is supposted to go. that increases performance by a lot. On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 02:11:20PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Haven't tried the direct connection route yet; probably give that a > try tomorrow when I have more time at home. I had no idea a switch > was so much faster than a hub; just shows how easy it is to get behind > the times, I guess. > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 02:34:46PM -0500, Luke Davis wrote: > > The hub is probably doing more damage then the 486. You should get a > > switch--a hub is never preferable, except as a repeter. > > > > What kind of speeds do you get, when you take the 486 out of the chain as > > a test? > > > > Luke > > - -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFA0gjsWSjv55S0LfERAv4WAKCXPHPeABcK/j3YAQFbJQcGDJvD/ACgnDNU > sv5KR9zAAqPlV/yZGUWtoUM= > =5t5h > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- Linux: the operating system with a CLUE... Command Line User Environment. -- seen in a posting in comp.software.testing -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA0iQC9XVrM3ri110RAgIBAJ4xQRqnYhaxIhSNYb45PvVRCJpL9gCfU05t eR4IS90vKZdRpFUJYptw2lg= =Dnau -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
