Suitable 10Mbps hub / switch for fussy network cards

[MacMan]

I think I once read somewhere that certain network cards in some 68k machines will only function correctly on an ethernet network when connected through a native 10Mbps switch, rather than a 10/100 switch. This certainly seems to be the case with my IIcx and Asante NuBus network card, as it flatly refuses to work with my Netgear 10/100 switch (the connectin LED just blinks and no connection is made). Incidentally, it's nothing to do with cables - I have tried many good cables with it all giving the same result. I also know the card is functional as it works fine when connected to an ADSL router. All of my other 68k machines work fine with my current setup, it's just the IIcx's network card that doesn't like it.

So I'm thinking I'll buy an older 10Mbps hub/switch on eBay for connecting the IIcx to the rest of the network, and perhaps some other 68k machines that run at 10Mbps. I'm only looking for something with 5 to 10 ports on it, nothing huge. Are there any particular makes and models that I should look out for, which are known to work well with 68ks, or will any old 10Mbps switch work?

 

[coius]

I found that D-Link 10/100 Switches have had rather good compatibility with 10-BaseT networks. I have two of them at work, and they both work with 10Mbps network cards. both PC and Apple

 

[trag]

So I'm thinking I'll buy an older 10Mbps hub/switch on eBay for connecting the IIcx to the rest of the network, and perhaps some other 68k machines that run at 10Mbps. I'm only looking for something with 5 to 10 ports on it, nothing huge. Are there any particular makes and models that I should look out for, which are known to work well with 68ks, or will any old 10Mbps switch work?

Probably any of them will work fine. I am partial to the Asante Friendly Net 8 port 10bT hub. It has a nice convenient rectangular shape and mine has been trouble-free loe these many years.

My network has kind of grown like a not very well tended plant. First there was LocalTalk. Then I added the 8 port 10baseT hub, which, of course, meant that I needed a LocalTalk to Ethernet bridge (MicroAsantePrint) which was good for many years. But then I added DSL, so I added a DSL modem connected to a Router with a built-in 4-port 10/100 switch, which connects one of its ports to the 10bT hub.

Then as my faster components increased I added an 8 port 10/100 switch. Then I added an 8 port 10/100/1000 switch. And it all connects. So if you really want to, and if they share a protocol, that gigabit ethernet equipped machine can talk to the lowly LocalTalk machine, or at least to the 10baseT machines. Certainly, printing to the LocalTalk printers works fine.

 

[benjgvps]

Then as my faster components increased I added an 8 port 10/100 switch. Then I added an 8 port 10/100/1000 switch. And it all connects. So if you really want to, and if they share a protocol, that gigabit ethernet equipped machine can talk to the lowly LocalTalk machine, or at least to the 10baseT machines. Certainly, printing to the LocalTalk printers works fine.

You are a networking guru. If I could just get this damned access point in bridge mode to work the way I want it to...