RE: help please - cat5, crossover vs 'straight'

["Calum Morrell" <calum@xxxxxxx>]

=A324 for a switch? Are you sure it's not a switching hub?

On 29 Mar 2002 at 11:49, Des Gibbons wrote:

> While the bit about the network working at the lowest speed isn't true
on
> most 10/100 hubs, for the price difference between soho hubs and
switches
> its good advice to get a switch if you can.
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> Cheers, Des.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Griffiths [mailto:mike@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 11:38
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] help please - cat5, crossover vs 'straight'
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> >
> > Hi
> > Don't buy a hub get a switch
> > With a hub the network will run at the lowest speed of the units
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> > With a switch everything runs at its highest speed
> > Scan sell switches for about =A324
> >
> > Mike
> > At Home
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jakl2001uk [mailto:jakl2001uk@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Fri 29 Mar 2002 08:51
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] help please - cat5, crossover vs 'straight'
> >
> > hi, new to networking..i have two pc's conneted directly with a
> > crossover cable. i would like to expand  the system and will
> > therefore be purchasing a hub...question: waht kind of cable will
i
> > need to use to conect the pc's to the hub? will either crosover
> > or 'straight' cable work?
> >
> > tia
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