[geeks] My first ebay sale

[Geoff Reed]

with a hub, when a packet goes from one mqachine to another it gets 
transmitted to all machines on the hub.

with a switch, when a packet goes from one machine to another it only goes 
to the target machine, so it is possible to have 4 pairs of machines on a 
10/100 switch talking to each other at 100 , full duplex, at the same time :)

At 09:16 PM 7/19/02 +0200, you wrote:
>On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 02:12:09PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 10:29:53AM -0700, Fogg, James wrote:
> > > A cash vacuum has prompted me to try something new. An ebay sale.
> > > A cisco 2501/csu/cable/x-ceiver/configuration service, if anyone is
> > > interested.
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2040244407
> >
> > I just got a Cisco 1538 8-port 10/100 hub for $29.  good deal?
>                                         ^^^
>What is the difference here between a hub and a switch?
>Are those terms used interchangeably now?
>I will be needing one soon I think that is at least 8 port.
> >
> > (at frys, no less... return/open-box; been sitting on the shelf for
> >  a year now.. first $150, then $99, now $29, where I grabbed it..)
> >
>
>--
>Bill
>Amsterdam, NL
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