16port ethernet bus mod

[intergalacticman]

i bought an older used 16 port bus for 10$. I plan to use it for my LAN parties since our population is growing faster than we can handle. Anyways, its kinda drab and 90'sish, and i would like to spice it up.

[Luke122]

Is it a 10/100 switch? If it's just a 10, you might be better off spending a bit more and buying a new 10/100.. or even 10/100/1000.

Here's a couple 10/100 16 ports to consider. :) (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/category/category_slc.asp?Recs=10&Nav=|c:2786|c:2789|c:2794|&Sort=4)

[Greco101]

a little off topic but what exactly is the "10/100/ 1000 for? I've seen a 10,000 somewhere on newegg i believe. I always though it was the internet connection that determines your speed? or are they mainly for lan?

[Mitternacht]

10/100 is the most common Ethernet port speeds, preferably 100 MBits/sec. 1000 is giga-bit speed, which requires CAT 6 wire. 10000 is 10 GBits/sec, which could be utilized by CAT 6, or even CAT 7.

10/100 CAT 5/5e 100 Mhz
1000 CAT 6 250 Mhz (possible to use CAT 5e, but I don't recommend it.)
10000 CAT 6 or 7 600 Mhz

[intergalacticman]

I bought a 3Com OfficeConnect Hub TP16C
its is a 10 speed, but thats not the question
I couldnt get thge link to put in my post, but here is a link to the google images page
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&tab=wi&hl=en&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2006-43%2CGGLG%3Aen&q=3com%20officeconnect%20TP16C

I wanted to get some ideas for modding it

[Mitternacht]

Skyscraper?

[xRyokenx]

For some reason I'm thinking "Waffle Iron"... but that may be my stomach talking and the odd craving of waffles I'm having at the moment...

[intergalacticman]

LOL, i was thinking skyscraper also

[xmastree]

I saw a mod once where they made a four port hub out of a teddy bear. One port in each paw, and flashing red eyes...