Originally Posted by DakarM
no way! why buy a friggin hub when you can get a switch for the same money!
he doesnt really need a switch if its going to be in his home...
Switches work better in a corporate environment where you have 200+ people working on a network.
A simple hub like the one below will work just as fine as a switch and less expensive. Thoseyou can find for like 10 bucks
they have hubs that are auto sensing 10/100.
http://www.linksys.com/products/prod...id=31&prid=148
thats the one i have and its great.