> 1. It was suggested that for future Installfests, it should be > advised that people bring Ethernet switches rather than just hubs. I > think Scot Jenkins was having trouble helping someone because of a > lot of collisions on the network were slowing down his downloads > (though it occurs to me that maybe a bad cable or card was the real > culprit..) > > At any rate, there have been similar problems in the past, so it > would be advisable to get good hardware whenever possible, rather > than using the buggy box that's been sitting in the closet for years. > I know my apartment network could last an afternoon without its > switch, so I'll have to remember this in the future (even a kind soul > or two with Linux-powered Ethernet bridge boxes would be good) > >> We pretty much had no problems, except for the 1 hub I did bring (I >> also brought a few switches, but I ran out) so hopefully next time >> I'll have a 8+ port switch availible, I'm planning on buying 1 or >> more. If anybody knows of any, 10/100 availible, for cheap, let >> me know. I would have come to this installfest, and plan to come to future ones. I couldn't make it today due to a scheduling conflict with a conference. Anyway, I've got two 8-port switches I'm more than happy to bring. Mike _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list