RE: Internal pci bus hub.

["Chitoor, Srikrishnan" <krishnan@xxxxxxxx>]

(a) I have read somewhere that you can use CAt5 cables (with RJ45) up to 300
feet. That will make it 90 meters. So 45 meters should not be a problem.
(b) That a 8 port external hub costs Rs 2100 may not mean that internal PCI
bus will be cheaper. Is there any reason you want this specific model? 
(c) I am not sure about OpenBSD, but based on my experience, Linux should
work with most of the commonly available network cards in India. Most of
them are NE2000  clones. You might have problem wihth older model ISA cards
though.

-Krishnan.
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Aravind Balasubramanian [SMTP:aravindb@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Friday, August 20, 1999 9:27 AM
> To:	Linux-India; ILUGC
> Subject:	Internal pci bus hub.
> 
> Hi
> 
> I need a internal pci bus based hub to connect 3 computers ( 2 computers
> in my home and a neighbours computer). A trip to my local market in
> Madras (Richie Street) yielded no results (None of them seem to know
> that such a product exists). 
> 
> I would like to know where I can get one. I also would like to know how
> much it would cost. Since a 8 port external hub costs around Rs2100/- I
> suppose it should cost lesser than that. Moreover I suppose that the
> card  also has a build in network card for the host machine. Please
> correct me if I am wrong in these assumptions.
> 
> To connect my neighbours computer I need to use a RJ45 Cable which is
> about 45 meters. Is this feasible or will I face some problems.
> 
> Now to the linux part of the query. I intend running win98/linux/openbsd
> on the machine which is to have this hub and so this hubs network chips
> (i.e. the network card part of the hub) should work in linux and
> openbsd. 
> 
> Any solutions???
> 
> Regards
> 
> Aravind
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