written by Pseudocyber. on 23/04/2002
Good Points
Small.
Bad Points
Power supply half the size of the hub. Doesn't act like a hub, acts like a switch!
General Comments
I am using a 10/100 hub 5 port Linksys hub - Model EFAH05W.V2.
Desire: Carry a small ethernet hub in my laptop bag to use when troubleshooting network issues using a Protocol Analyzer. With a hub, one can plug in the node, the analyzer, and the uplink without mirroring or spanning a port on a switch.
Symptoms: The protocol analyzer only sees broadcast traffic - no unicast traffic between the node and a device over the uplink.
Solution: I called Linksys tech support, for the second time, after replacing my original unit. The tech who answered the phone went off to confer and came back saying that the hub is in fact acting like a switch due to the chip which is used internally. I asked him if this was documented anywhere and he said no. Solution: get a different product.