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From: englehar@src.honeywell.com (Matt Englehart)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: subnet with two hosts
Date: 9 Jun 1995 20:15:22 -0500
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If I want to create a subnet with 2 hosts: a sparc10 running SunOS and
486 running FreeBSD, and I buy a 10BaseT ethernet card for the PC, can
I get away with a passive hub between the two?  Does anyone have 
experience with passive hubs?  I've even see 4-port hubs for $15.
What's the catch?

Thanks,
Matt