Locally I have seen dumb 8-port 10BaseT hubs at under US$20.  I don't know
if they're that cheap in your corner of the world, but at that price I'd
think you could de-case them and toss the plastic.

Dale
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On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Steve Baldwin wrote:

> I have a customer who wants to incorporate a 4 port ethernet hub
> into a product. Because the volumes aren't in the consumer
> ballpark, it isn't looking too economical to build it into the main
> PCB. But I may be wrong.
>
> Does anyone have recommendations for a hub at a component
> level ?
> The alternative is something provided as an oem, open PCB, bolt it
> on solution. Again, I haven't had much luck finding anything. Any
> suggestions ?

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