3 Jun
2005
3 Jun
'05
4:05 p.m.
Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
Precisely; and I would count fiber optic cable as a similar "extension" of the ethernet standards. Again, you can't plug fiber into your $10 five port hub; my real point is that all of these transports are incompatible with the standard local transport protocol and can't be directly connected.
My point:
The Ethernet standard goes way beyond the Netgear and D-Link stuff at Best Buy. You can get a switch that supports gigabit Ethernet over fiber (and port mirroring) for $50 + the cost of a GBIC:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=28040&item=57...
Limiting Ethernet to a $10 five port hub is an artifical (and unrealistic) distinction.