[LI] Re: Internal pci bus hub.

["Biju Nair" <bnair@xxxxxxxxx>]

btw what is this pci based hub.can you please ellaborate. i dont think you
will face any problem with a 45 meter utp cable for n/w connection.

biju
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From: Aravind Balasubramanian <aravindb@xxxxxxxx>
To: Linux-India <linux-india@xxxxxxxxx>; ILUGC <ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, August 20, 1999 9:33 AM
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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