"Brandon, Tom" wrote:
>
> Why not go BNC and save a bundle on a Hub? If you can find BNC cards for a
> decent price (new BNC or combo cards are expensive) then all you need is
> cable, no hubs. Or you could look for ARCNet cards, probably find some
> giving them away, only 1.5Mbps but no hubs, free cards if you're lucky.
>
> I really wouldn't go wasting my money on 10\100 cards. With only 5 machines
> I doubt your going to be using you're whole 10Mbps, especially if you're
> only net sharing.
The key is ONLY NET SHARING much more than that and you eat up bandwidth
fast.
trying to transfer the latest netscape to all of your computers is MUCH
better at 100MBPs than 1.5, remember that MegaBits not MegaBytes so a
10MB connection isn't much more than 1 a 1 megabyte per second speed.
besides w/ a hub you can throw it in the attic and drop all the lines
into the appropriate rooms instead of zig-zaging them all over the
house. You can get cheap cards. I recommended 3c905's because of their
performance, durability (lifetime warranty), and supported OS's (I can't
think of any PC based OS that doesn't know how to use them) you can pick
up a 5 or 10 pack for a discount from some online shop.
www.pricewatch.com is a good start for parts.

                Damon Hopkins