[rescue] needed: el cheapo 10bt switch (not hub), 1U size

Fri Apr 16 10:56:36 CDT 2004

On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 03:19:59PM +0000, Peter Corlett wrote:
> Patrick Giagnocavo +1.717.201.3366 <patrick at zill.net> wrote:

> The only reason I've got a cruddy 10BaseT hub still kicking around is that I
> hate to throw *anything* away, and it's a handy way of throttling a segment
> of the network so the lusers don't cane it too hard.

Bingo!  That is why. 

A switch is better than a hub to avoid sniffers. 

--Patrick