Which one is a reliable hub?

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I have a 6-PC small network in the office that is linked together in
P2P using a 8 port hub. I bought it from Tigerdirect, and it was one
of those $30 job. Six months later, the traffic between the computers
dropped to a crawl and to-day, it just crapped out all together. I
switched to a hub that I have lying around (4 port), and the speed
picked up tremandously. I need to buy a new 8-port. Does nayone have
experience with a "good, reliable" one that you can recommend?
 
Jack said:
I have a 6-PC small network in the office that is linked together in
P2P using a 8 port hub. I bought it from Tigerdirect, and it was one
of those $30 job. Six months later, the traffic between the computers
dropped to a crawl and to-day, it just crapped out all together. I
switched to a hub that I have lying around (4 port), and the speed
picked up tremandously. I need to buy a new 8-port. Does nayone have
experience with a "good, reliable" one that you can recommend?
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I've had excellent results with a Netgear FS108 switch. I'd advise that you
skip the hub and use a switch instead. When network traffic gets busy a hub
will just slow you down with all the packet collisions. Usage is exactly the
same -- plug everything in and the switch will set itself up.
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been using a lynksys hub/switch for about 5 years now....not to say they all last that long.... TRENDNET is another decent brand and
they're are reasonably priced.
 
Thanks, JAD

been using a lynksys hub/switch for about 5 years now....not to say they all last that long.... TRENDNET is another decent brand and
they're are reasonably priced.
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John said:
I've had excellent results with a Netgear FS108 switch. I'd advise that you
skip the hub and use a switch instead. When network traffic gets busy a hub
will just slow you down with all the packet collisions. Usage is exactly the
same -- plug everything in and the switch will set itself up.
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I agree. I'm using an 8 port 10/100 netcomm switch.
 
Jack said:
I have a 6-PC small network in the office that is linked together in
P2P using a 8 port hub. I bought it from Tigerdirect, and it was one
of those $30 job. Six months later, the traffic between the computers
dropped to a crawl and to-day, it just crapped out all together. I
switched to a hub that I have lying around (4 port), and the speed
picked up tremandously. I need to buy a new 8-port. Does nayone have
experience with a "good, reliable" one that you can recommend?
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Never had a problem with Netgear.
 
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