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switch doesn't work, hub works fine

Asked by deanabb in Miscellaneous Networking, Networking Hardware, Network Switches & Hubs

Tags: hub, switch, works

I've had a puzzler here. Wanted to upgrade from some old 10-BaseT hubs to 10/100 switches--I'll just describe one of those upgrades here. The office has 50+ IP Addresses active (PCs, Linux Boxes, Printers, etc.) all going through two 32-port switches. This works fine. in one office, we have 4 printers and a workstation connected to a 10-BaseT hub. I swapped it out with a 10/100 switch. At first it all worked fine. I went home, came back the next morning, and I'm getting all kinds of complaints about latency (it's taking 5 minutes to print a 2.5 MB excel document). When I "switched" back to a 10-BaseT hub, it all worked like a charm.

I've seen this same thing in other offices--5-port D-Link switches, 8-port Gigafast switches, ...doesn't matter--they all are flaky and slow.

What could be going on? Am I missing something about how switches work?

Dean
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