A switched hub is a multiport bridge. IOW the same thing as a
switch. Why it is called a 'switched hub' instead of a 'switch?'
Dunno. Someone in marketing probably thought it would sell better.
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote:
-I know what the different between a HUB and a SWITCH is, but Acer offers
-something called a SWITCHED HUB, not a HUB, not a SWITCH, any idea what that
-does?
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-> A hub is like a wire splitter that connects all the wires together.
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-> a switch has a computer that only connects the wires together for the
-> data packets that matter.
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-> On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Singer XJ Wang wrote:
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-> > I still havn't gotten answer to my big question:
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-> > I see Switched HUBS and SWITCHES
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-> > what's the diff between those or are they teh same but some wierd
-> > marketing scheme?
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