[lug] Can a Hub go bad?

Nate Duehr nate at natetech.com
Mon Jul 30 15:09:05 MDT 2001


Interesting.  I guess I don't really know all that much about EITHER
topic!  hahaha....

On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 07:08:44AM -0700, Glenn Ashton wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Nate seems to know much more about Linux than philosophy, because Occum's
> (yes that is a frequently applied spelling) razor refers to William
> of Occum or Ockham or Occam (1258-1349).  Many English words and names,
> particularly place names have variant spellings.
> 
> In any event, the principle of looking for a simple rather than more
> complex explanation for a problem still applies in spite of my choosing a
> spelling that Nate didn't particularly prefer.
> 
> But he seemed to know what I was talking about...
> 
> -Glenn
> 
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2001, Nate Duehr wrote:
> 
> > I think you applied the razor to how to spell Achem's name... :-)
> > 
> > Huked on foniks?  Heh heh...
> > 
> > On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 12:28:53PM -0700, Glenn Ashton wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hubs can and do go bad.  They can spew enough packets to cause serious
> > > degradations in service.  I would take the hub off the network and test
> > > with one box connected to the internet and see if the situation improves
> > > unless you have another hub to try.
> > > 
> > > John's suggestion is interesting and helpful, but we might have to invoke
> > > Occum's Razor here.
> > > 
> > > -Glenn Ashton
> > > 
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