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Re: (ASCEND) 100Mbit ISDN Solution
> ]However, most 100BT hubs are capable of doing 10BT as well. Sometimes it's
> ]auto-sensing, sometimes you have to telnet into the hub and manually change
> ]the port to 10BT.
>
> That's often true with switches (10/100), but not true for hubs.
I went through the same dilemma as the original poster (adding a
10bT Ascend router to a 100bTX network) and found the following
options in my case:
-Use my existing Netware server, which has a 10Mb card and a 100mb
card, as a router. Unfortunately, I was never able to make the 3.11
server properly route a subnetted class C.
-Buy a small switch that would let me plug a 10bT hub in one side and
a 100bTX hub in the other side. Bay Networks has one for $265.
-Buy an autosensing hub (with a built in switch, of course). It cost
about the same as a straight 100bTX, and I can just plug my Pipe-75
and print servers and old computers and whatever in and it figures it
out by itself. Since I needed the 100bTX ports anyway, I went
this route. 3Com SuperStackII $1100/12port or $1750/24port.
It is rather a shame that it takes a $265 add-on to use a $600
router in what is becoming a common small network setup. My guess
is that fast ethernet chips can't cost all that much more than the
10Mb/s ones in there now. Certainly the adapter prices are very
close between 10, 10/100 and 100.
Danny Williams
Caldwell Trust Company
Venice, Florida USA
mailto:danny@ctrust.com
http://www.ctrust.com
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