Timeline for What is EthernetHub for? [duplicate]
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| May 17, 2018 at 10:30 | vote | accept | Zanko | ||
| May 16, 2018 at 18:46 | comment | added | Zac67♦ | Valid use cases: a) you don't have a switch around, b) you need to monitor a 10/100 Mbit connection and don't have a switch supporting mirroring, and c) retro networking | |
| May 16, 2018 at 14:43 | history | closed |
JFL Ron Maupin♦ |
Duplicate of Is there any reason to use a hub over a switch? | |
| May 16, 2018 at 13:54 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 16, 2018 at 13:47 | comment | added | jonathanjo | @peterh: of course I agree though I remember the single cable was a very amusing single point of failure in many installations; certainly there are extra costs in star-wiring vs bus-wiring; indeed wifi and similar is lovely and convenient. | |
| May 16, 2018 at 13:41 | comment | added | peterh | @jonathanjo But it also requires a direct connection between the machine and the local switch/hub. In the old times, it was enough to install a single cable for the whole office, now a cable is needed for all the machines. This huge overhead is a main improver factor of the cable-less solutions today. | |
| May 16, 2018 at 13:35 | answer | added | jonathanjo | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 16, 2018 at 13:34 | answer | added | user2084 | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 16, 2018 at 13:31 | comment | added | jonathanjo | In a galaxy far far away, before the dawn of twisted pair, we used various kinds of coax cable. On the back of the computer was an AUI port (15-pin D connector with horrible sliding latch), which you connected to a Media Access Unit which had the circuitry for the particular media. Fat coax didn't have connectors, you pierced the cable. For history see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_tap and related pages. Twisted pair is much, much, better. | |
| May 16, 2018 at 13:25 | answer | added | M4niac | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 16, 2018 at 12:45 | comment | added | Zanko | @RonTrunk Hi, sorry can you elaborate more? I am not familiar with these terminology. Many thanks! | |
| May 16, 2018 at 12:34 | comment | added | Ron Trunk | Yes, put them in the attic along with your MAUs and vampire taps. | |
| May 16, 2018 at 12:10 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 16, 2018 at 12:07 | history | asked | Zanko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |