I just got back from setting up an SMC Barricade for a friend. It acts as a 4-port 10/100 switch perfectly without anything hooked up to the outside WAN port. The advanced features look a bit intimidating, but basic setup was easy. However, we encountered a known bug between the AT&T-supplied 3Com "Home" cable modem and the SMC box where they continually re-negotiate Ethernet speed and duplex over the cross-over cable. This caused severe packet loss. We worked around it by throwing a cheap little Linksys hub in-between them. SMC is working on a fix. -- Carl Patten ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl & Paula Zeilon" <PCZeilon at att.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:58 AM Subject: [TCLUG] Network Switch (network newbie) > I'm shopping for a switch for my home network. I previously have been > running only two machines with a crossover cable. Now I want to run > three. I have only dialup service now, but Charter cable is > available. Can I buy a 4 port router & use it as a simple switch until I'm > ready to get cable service? I've been looking at Linksys & SMC 4 port > routers. It seems people in this group either love or hate Linksys. The > SMC includes a print server, VPN support, etc. for only a few bucks more > than the Linksys. Any opinions? > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >