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Re: Hardware capture platforms

  • From: Justin Shore
  • Date: Fri Aug 08 12:35:36 2008
Jay R. Ashworth wrote: 
And, note carefully: some "dual-speed hubs" are actually a 10BT hub and
a 100BT hub *with a switch between them*.  I forget which brand I
caught this on, but it bit me a couple of years back.

3COM Dual-Speed 10/100 hubs were this way. Got bit by that too back in the day. Technically I think all hubs supporting both 10 and 100 would have to do this. I can't think of any technical way of getting around the problem without doing this.

Justin