Xbox 360 System link help

[RESmonkey]

I'm borrowing my friend's old network hub (4 port I think). It's silvery, I think it's a netgear, because it resembles this:

http://www.hobbysat.com/images...%20WGPS606%20Large.jpg

I'm not sure if it is 10Mbps or 10/100Mbps. If it is 10Mbps, will it be okay for a 3 console Halo 3 system link gaming LAN?

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

You'll be fine.

 

[erwos]

The problem you'll encounter won't be bandwidth - it'll be packet collision. Honestly, is it so hard to buy a cheapie 10/100 switch?

 

[mugs]

If it's old and it's a Netgear, it wouldn't resemble that. Netgear just started the white look recently. Are you sure it's a hub and not a switch? You'd be fine with a 10 Mbps switch. You might have issues with a 10 Mbps hub.

 

[RESmonkey]

Originally posted by: mugs
If it's old and it's a Netgear, it wouldn't resemble that. Netgear just started the white look recently. Are you sure it's a hub and not a switch? You'd be fine with a 10 Mbps switch. You might have issues with a 10 Mbps hub.

What is the difference? It might be a switch. I thought a hub = switch.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: RESmonkey

Originally posted by: mugs
If it's old and it's a Netgear, it wouldn't resemble that. Netgear just started the white look recently. Are you sure it's a hub and not a switch? You'd be fine with a 10 Mbps switch. You might have issues with a 10 Mbps hub.

What is the difference? It might be a switch. I thought a hub = switch.

Basically... anything you transmit on a hub goes to every other node on the network, and only the intended recipient actually accepts it. Problems happen when two computers on the network try to transmit at the same time. A collision occurs, and the transmission fails. After a period of time, it is sent again; hopefully no one else is transmitting at the same time (again). If there is another collision, there is another delay before the data is transmitted again. Obviously this is not good when latency is important.

A switch only sends data to the intended recipient, so it can handle multiple transmissions happening at the same time.

 

[RESmonkey]

I called my friend, and he says it's a 5-port 10/100Mbps switch. So I'm good I guess.