[H-GEN] network boggle

[Christopher Biggs]

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Nikolai Lusan <nikolai at humbug.org.au> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:

>      b) Would there be a reason that 10BaseT cards couldn't communicate
> via a         100Mbs hub?

If you have a "100Mb/s" hub you're SOL.  (Smack!)

You'll need a "10/100" switch/hub (as opposed to just plain 100).
Believe it or not, a 10/100 hub is a 10Mb hub and a 100Mb hub, with an
ethernet bridge between them---the protocols are in no way compatible,
and the boxes which allow you to plug both types of host in are in
fact two almost-completely-separate devices under the hood.

--cjb

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