Connecting a 10Mb NIC to a 100BaseTX hub -- possible?

[jkersenbr]

A little over a month ago, I set my 3 computers up with 10/100 NIC's and got a shiny little 4 port Linksys 100BaseTX hub to go with them.

Now broadband is availalble in my area and I'm putting together a 486 as a router that must have a 10Mb ISA NIC in it. (I don't know of a 10/100 ISA nic other than the 3c515, and I can't make it work with the Linux Router Project single-disk distribution I'm running on the router.)

Is there anyway to effectively adapt (like with a switch or something) the line off the 10Mb NIC and make it work with the exclusive 100BaseTX Hub?

Just thought I'd ask before finding a 10/100 hub -- I kind of like this one I've got. (Anyone want to trade?)

Thanks.
Jeremy
jkersenbr@flashmail.com

 

[hatboy]

There are 2-port 10/100 switches. Using one of those, you could "convert" the 10Mb connection into 100Mb.

 

[davisdog]

yup..I think your screwed and should do what hatboy said or swap it out...Just finished fixing a small office that thought they were high tech by jumping straight to pure 100Mb and a fancy 3Com smartstack hub that was 100MB only...worked great until they wanted DSL that must talk to the network at 10Mb Only...had to get a small/cheap 10/100 Hub and put it between them..The network still works at 100 except for the segment to the DSL modem