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Focus' Cascading Hub9 stacks up: Microhub is inexpensive branch office solution. (Focus Enhancements' Cascading Hub9 network microhub) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)

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| April 01, 1996 | Symoens, Jeff | COPYRIGHT 2003 InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

THE BOTTOM LINE: VERY GOOD

Cascading Hub9

The Cascading Hub9's stackable capability affords network administrators greater Ethernet port density on a single repeater hop for branch office and small office environments, for just $19 per port.

Pros: Unique stacking feature allows up to 32 ports per stack; inexpensive.

Cons: Lacks management capabilities; crude cascading implementation.

Focus Enhancements Inc., Woburn, Mass.; (617) 938-8088; fax: (617) 938-7741; focus@shore.net; http://www.shore.net/~focus.

Price: $169 .

If you're outfitting a branch office or small office environment and need to connect a few peer-to-peer clients …

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