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Our AS/400 has been plugged into a 3COM switch for about 4 years with no
problems.

Dennis Munro wrote:

> Several years ago when a new building was built & a new network was
> installed, we plugged the 400's into a switch.  After much trial &
> tribulation, we were told to plug the 400's into a hub.
>
> We are about to upgrade all our switches, routers, & hubs to accommodate a
> new phone system & AT&T dedicated T1's to our two remote mining facilities.
>
> The question is:  Do I still plug the 400's into a hub or a switch and/or is
> there a setting that could be changed to allow use to use a switch?
>
> In case it makes any difference we currently have 3Com 3000 switches & 3Com
> dual speed 500 hubs with the router being built into the phone system, which
> is ten years old.  This ancient but still functioning equipment has caused
> other problems & it will be nice to see it out of here.  QoS was something
> we are not able to currently do but that will change with the new equipment.
>
> The equipment we will replace it with will be Cisco 2620 routers, Cisco 3550
> and 2950 switches, & no hubs - which is why I'm asking the question in case
> we still need to have a hub for the 400's.
>
> Thanks - Dennis.
>
> Dennis Munro
>
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