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gerry@dds.nl.SPAM.BLOCK (Gerry W. Veerman) writes:

> What of the following is fact or fiction ?;
> 
> - 'Smart' 10 Mbit hubs exist. 
> ('Smart' being the ability to direct a packet straight to the right
> port, instead of running around each cable of the star creating
> overhead)

Yes, they're called switches.  In addition, more and more of them appearing
nowadays are auto-sensing 10/100, at least one one or two ports.  

> - Like 'Full duplex' 10 Mbit NIC's,  'Full duplex' 10 Mbit hubs exist.
> (Theoretically creating a 20 Mbit bandwith)

well, a FD NIC is no good without a FD hub :-)   one end FD with the other
end HD will just result in an ungodly number of collision on the HD end... 

> - >5 port, 1 coax, 'smart' and 'full duplex' 10 Mbit hubs are sold at
> a reasonable price in The Netherlands by people who know what they are
> talking about. 
> (If this is fact, where ? He cried out loud)

this one, OTOH, is more difficult... aside from the fact that I don't live
in the Netherlands, I haven't seen any switches with coax ports.  You could
always get an 8 port switch, and a 10bT <-> coax media converter,
though... 

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