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To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (13746)	3/14/1998 12:46:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

Segmentable Hubs Can Put Some Zip Into Your Workgroup Environment Today's high-performance PCs quickly can saturate a shared 10-Mbps Ethernet segment. At the enterprise level, routing and switching are used to alleviate network congestion. However, in the workgroup environment, switching can be overkill. A simpler and more cost- effective solution is deploying segmentable hubs. We tested eight segmentable Ethernet hubs in our University of Wisconsin labs, focusing on ease of setup, ease of use, pricing, scalability and management. In the realm of segmentable workgroup hubs, bigger isn't always better. A high-density hub packed with features at an affordable price does, however, grab our attention. The 3Com Corp. SuperStack II PS Hub 50 offers just that, garnering our Editor's Choice award. Its simplified Web-based management, ease of setup, multiple security options and built-in segment communication put it ahead of its competitors. Although it wasn't the least expensive product we tested, the PS Hub 50 topped out in all of the other categories. Honorable mention goes to Hewlett-Packard Co.'s AdvanceStack 10BASE-T Switching Hub-24 (J3202A), which is right on the heels of the 3Com product, providing many of the same features, like port-switching, security options and load balancing. However, it lacks the convenience of a Web-based management interface. techweb.com o~~~ O