Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] Hub model numbers that work with Ethereal

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From: Breen Mullins <bmullins@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:46:32 -0700
On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 20:54, Jack Jackson wrote:
> At 08:13 PM 4/14/2004, Donnie Hale wrote:
> >We got some NetGear 100Mbps hubs from Best Buy recently (this is in the
> >U.S.) that worked for us for most situations. There were some cases where
> >10/half couldn't be captured by 100/full or something like that.
> 
> That should always be true.  A dual speed hub will always have a switch 
> connecting the 10 Mb and 100 Mb parts, since there is no way all of the 100 
> Mb traffic can be sent on the 10 Mb part.

Right. Also, if it's a dual-speed hub, full duplex will be impossible
since the 10 and 100 segments are shared. You need a true switch to 
get FDX.

Breen

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