That describes a bridge or switch. A switch is
basically a multi-port bridge with advanced features.
A bridge just tracks port to MAC address; same for
basic switches. Advanced switches with layer 3/4
functions may track port #s as well.
A managed or smart hub lets you assign a network
address (IP, IPX, etc) to the network management
portion of the hub. This is a seperate function of the
hub and is basically another device on the network.
This allows you to telnet to the hub and check stats,
RMON information, etc.
--- "C.M. Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am I correct in stating that a managed or "smart"
> hub maintains MAC address
> tables along with port number information to forward
> packets to the
> appropriate destination?
>
> C.M.
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