On 10/4/05, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ... > How long do your lightbulbs normally "work"? The hub in question was shrink wrapped when I bought it a few months ago. The hub appeared "mint", although was probably sitting in a warehouse for years. Also, I did use the hub to connect two computers directly which pinged each other succesfully. Penny wise and pound foolish on that purchase. It's not so much that the hub didn't work but that it functioning was perhaps not one hundred percent. Or, perhaps, hub specifications changed and it was incompatible with this device. I'm curious as to whether the hub isn't "up to spec" or if the specifications have moved. > > Aside from pings, how else can you test a hub? > > Well, there are a number of ways to check out a hub, > or any other piece of comm equipment. But you need > hardware knowledge, and some test equipment. Ah, I thought there might be a software package. > Want a quick tutorial on how to use an oscilloscope? ... Ah, well, no thanks. I was hoping for something more user friendly, heh. I am somewhat curious as to why the hub worked in that it could be pinged across but failed in this specific scenario. It's not like the hub doesn't work at all, more that it just doesn't play nicely, perhaps, with a particular device. Similarly, while the switch plays better with this device, the Asus WL-330g, the behaviour isn't as expected. Perhaps that's just a lack of networking knowledge on my part, I've asked Asus for some clarifications. -Thufir
