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From: ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Eric Behr)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: 10Base-T hubs
Message-ID: <1991Apr03.185655.5179@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
Date: 3 Apr 91 18:56:55 GMT
Reply-To: ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Eric Behr)
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First, thanks to all who responded - I'm trying to acknowledge all replies,
but...

andrew@jhereg.osa.com (Andrew C. Esh) writes:
>In article <1991Apr03.004515.12021@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Eric Behr) writes:
>
>Passive and active hubs? I didn't know there was such a thing as a passive
>hub.
This is a result of my ignorance; let me explain. Asante's ad caught my eye
the other day; I called them, found that the hub is cheap, so I asked a
tech type if it does all that others do - reclocking signals etc. He said
"no, it's a passive hub" and of course I took his expertise for granted.
So there. Maybe he didn't know what he was talking about?

>Lose two ports? If you are connecting two "out" ports together, you will
>have problems.
Most hubs I looked at had one out port configurable as a cascade port.

>-- 
>Andrew C. Esh			andrew@osa.com
>Open Systems Architects, Inc.	

Thanks!    E.

-- 
Eric Behr, Illinois State University, Mathematics Department
Internet: ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu    Bitnet: ebehr@ilstu