Which HUB to buy.?

Just come back from PCworld ( spit spit)..
they were selling a NETGERA LAN hub for 29 quid and another version for 59 anyone give my an expert opinion of what i should buy :)

Netgear are a good name m8, have a loook on this site they have some good deals and they sell all good shit, they have a thing called today only where they sell certain products cheaper than normal, and i always seem to see hubs there.

www.scan.co.uk

oh and SHAME on you for going to PC World

forgot to say 3com are good aswell

cheers bud lol but wich HUB and what cables should i buy for the Xbox to set it up to my PC :)

oh right sorry m8 i thought u were asking what make to buy and not what parts, i never used a hub so cant really help.

what are you doing about your dodgy xbox now then m8

29 quid for a HUB? That's expensive! At that price it should be a SWITCH.

keeping the Xbox m8 going to totaly mod the twat out.
chip new HDD n anything else any bugger can think of :)
LOL the only thing is im going to need some one tio do it all for me cos im think as S hit, IOVe acctualy email some one but im awating a reply:)
thats whay i want a HUB to be honist cos i want my XBOX joined up to my PC so i can do the flash FTP thing n put the games on HD :)

would be cheaper to put another nic in your pc and use a crossover cable
just a thought

If you will only be using a hub for connecting XBOX to PC either follow Degszie's advice and get a NIC or get any old hub. They are all pretty much of a muchness now and are generally only limited by the processor/nics on the machine you are connecting (Not to mention the OS)

I use a 24 port D-Link rackmount hub 10/100 (managed) and the best speed I can expect FTPing to my box is around 2.5megabytes per second. The hub can handle a lot more than this as I have tested previously. Winblows sucks at networking anyway and my processors are being thrashed with the services I run anyway.

My advise (if you want to get a hub) : Buy a cheap one and try it. At 30 bucks you can try it out at least.. I am sure it would be fine. If you are getting one try to go for a 10/100 mbit hub instead of a straight 10 mbit as the XBOX can handle 100 nicely.

Gooch, I've been looking into these things (as a novice) and I think I'm settled on this switch and I'll be buying it from this bunch of dopey bollocks, unless anyone else has any further advice..(?)

beans :)

ROFL hehe cheers m8. im now settled on another Netcard in my machine with a CAT 5 Crossover :) but thank you all the same for your suggestion.:)

D'oh me too. Always jumping in with both feet, me. Saved a bit of cash, I just like shiny things on me desk :bleh: