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Re: recommendations for 8 port hub with no fan?!

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Harondel J. Sibble (help@pdscc.com)
Tue, 22 Feb 2000 00:36:03 -0800

On 21 Feb 00, at 17:08, dlinford@vcn.bc.ca wrote:
> On the other hand, it increases availability of the "logica bus",
> which can dramaticaly decrease effective latency. All depends on
> usage/environment. It'd be nice to know the technical argument
> against switches that's be put forward for you application.

basically for real work applications, the switch will offer better network
performance period. I can't think of any circumstance where a hub will out
perform a switch...

Harondel J. Sibble
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