Re: [Sheflug] NICs

[wulfie <nospam [at] wulfric7.co.uk>]

A hub is essentially a passive device - it simply repeats incoming packets
onto the other ports. It works at a base networking level and therefore
the question of OS support or even protocols doesn't
arise as long as you're using ethernet. There shouldn't be any
incompatability between NIC & hub, unless you go for 10/100 NICs and an
autosensing hub where there can be negotiation problems. If this is what
you want you're better buying NIC & hub from the same maker.  

Paul.

On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, [iso-8859-1] José Luis Gómez Dans wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 12:05:38AM +0000, Sammy Redshaw wrote:
> > I am looking to setup a small network in the home i will need to network
> > 3 computers together i have seen in maplin linksys 10/100mbit erthnet
> > card for 19.99 which come with linux support for them as i am new to
> > this subject of networks i understand how they are 'supposed' to work
> > but not the 'black art' of it i would like to know if i can get the nics
> > and hub cheaper with linux support to fall back on.
> 
> 	As for hubs, I am not aware of any having Linux support or
> otherwise, but that's because I only use cheap crappy ones. Any should
> be fine, unless of course you're setting up a rendering farm in  your
> bedroom (not a good idea, too noisy, but it does away with the need of
> central heating!).
> 

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