Jack Jackson wrote:
> At 03:21 PM 1/4/2008, jbartas wrote:
>> Hubs are getting hard to find everywhere - in the US, Ebay is one
>> source. For the last year I've been collecting every hub I see (both 10
>> and 100) at junk stores, yards sales, even friends throwing them away
>> because they are "upgrading" to switches. Anyone who may even have to
>> troubleshoot a network should do the same. The has to be some old hubs
>> in your country somewhere....
>
> You have to watch out for the ones called hubs that are actually
> switches. Also don't forget that a 10/100 hub is actually a 10 MHz hub and
> a 100 MHz hub connected by a switch.
True hubs may be scarce, but you can buy an 8-port managed switch (including
port mirroring) for $240:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124087
