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10 Mbps or 100 Mbps ?
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| I have a small network with only 10/100Mbps hardware: NIC's switches
and a hub.
My internet connection is ADSL with an advertised speed of 2000 Kbps.
The internet connection looks like this:
1: telephone line with ADSL
2: modem/router (10.0.0.x)
2a: a hub
3: Linux RH9 firewall machine (10.0.0.y and 192.168.0.x).
4: switch
5 etc: my internal network (192.168.x.x)
The question is about 2a:
I was given a 10 Mbps hub.
My idea is, that because the internet connection is only 2 Mbps, the
modem/router and the hub can not take advantage of the 100 Mbps stuff
and I could just use the 10 Mbps hub, without degrading the traffic on
the internal (192.168.x.x) net.
The hub is fast enough to support the internet traffic.
Also the 10.0.0.y NIC could be a 10 Mbps card ...
Is this correct ?
frgr
Erik
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| CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert 2004-01-23, 7:49 pm |
| Erik wrote:quote:
> I have a small network with only 10/100Mbps hardware: NIC's switches
> and a hub.
> My internet connection is ADSL with an advertised speed of 2000 Kbps.
> The internet connection looks like this:
>
> 1: telephone line with ADSL
> 2: modem/router (10.0.0.x)
> 2a: a hub
> 3: Linux RH9 firewall machine (10.0.0.y and 192.168.0.x).
> 4: switch
> 5 etc: my internal network (192.168.x.x)
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>
> The question is about 2a:
>
> I was given a 10 Mbps hub.
> My idea is, that because the internet connection is only 2 Mbps, the
> modem/router and the hub can not take advantage of the 100 Mbps stuff
> and I could just use the 10 Mbps hub, without degrading the traffic on
> the internal (192.168.x.x) net.
> The hub is fast enough to support the internet traffic.
> Also the 10.0.0.y NIC could be a 10 Mbps card ...
>
> Is this correct ?
>
> frgr
> Erik
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completely. And don't listen to anyone complaining about collisions on
the half-duplex hub. It has enough overhead to handle plenty of collisions.
There does remain the question of why is the hub there at all though!?
Most modem routers will be 10Mbps anyway.
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Respectfully,
CL Gilbert
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the sheepfold{}, but climbeth up some other *way, the same is a thief
and a robber." John 10:1
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>completely. And don't listen to anyone complaining about collisions on
>the half-duplex hub. It has enough overhead to handle plenty of collisions.
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>There does remain the question of why is the hub there at all though!?
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>Most modem routers will be 10Mbps anyway.
thank you for your reply.
To answer YOUR question: SNORT
frgr
Erik
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| CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert 2004-01-23, 7:49 pm |
| > thank you for your reply.quote:
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> To answer YOUR question: SNORT
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> frgr
> Erik
aha, alterior usages 
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Respectfully,
CL Gilbert
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door() into
the sheepfold{}, but climbeth up some other *way, the same is a thief
and a robber." John 10:1
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