DR>  AS> does anyone know where i can get a 4 or 8 port rj-45 100mb hub? it
DR>  AS> needs to  work with novell. also what is the price? i am spending
DR>  AS> your money so it  doesn't make a big difference but would appeciate
DR>  AS> it.
DR>
DR> You are going to pay a lot of $$$ since 100mb stuff is expensive.
AS>    True, but it ain't my money.:) Does Intel make any?
I believe Intel only makes a 12 port and a 24 port hub. They are called
Intel Express 10/100 Stackable Hub. It is an autosense hub, one of the
few available that do not need a switch to allow mixing and matching of
10baseT and 100baseTX. It is about $1100 U.S. for the 12 port model.
Intel makes a EtherExpress Pro/100 adapter which is also autosense
10/100 rj-45 that claims OS/2 Warp compatibility for about $70 U.S. That
combo would offer the most flexibility if needs change or someone
decides to hook up a notebook or printer later. Besides the rule of hubs
states that you will eventually always need one more port than your
existing hub has available.
If you are sure that you do not need any 10baseT ports like maybe for a
printer or notebook then the cheapest route is probably Linksys who
makes a 4 port 100baseTX only hub for under $200 U.S.  Then there is
D-Link who makes a 8 port hub for $400 U.S.  but I think it only comes
in a rack mount case if that matters to you. Finally Netgear from Bay
Networks makes the FE104 4 port fast hub for under $200 U.S. and FE108 8
port fast hub for around $370 U.S. These are fairly new and both models
have an expansion port. I believe the mail order house CDW in Illinois
carries them. As far as I know all the products that I mentioned are
Netware compatible since they are unmanaged hubs.   I don't guess that
you are looking for things like SNMP management in such a small hub.
--Lynn
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