[ale] hubs for sale

[Chris Ricker]

On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Wandered Inn wrote:

> I just stopped in at Microcenter and noted they have about 8 cisco 8
> port 10/100 autosensing, configurable hubs on sale.  The boxes are
> stamped $79, they're going for $49.  I thought that was a pretty good
> deal, so I picked one up and will be checking it out.  Says they are
> configurable via a web browser.
> 
> For anyone who is interested, says on the box this thing is 'manageable,
> stackable repeater.'
> 
> Manual says it's a: Cisco 1538 Series micro hub 10/100.
> 
> It has 8 ports on the back (as you might expect) but also two other
> 'connecters' that look like small scsi.  One is labeled 'up' the other
> 'down.'

They're for stacking the hubs.  You can put up to four of them together
(using the stacking cables you should get with the hub) and manage them as a
single unit if one of the four is a 1538M.

They're pretty good little hubs, esp. for $50.

later,
chris

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