Re: [expert] Switch Hub

[John LeMay]

A switch is really nothing more than a bridge anyway. Everyone decided
that bridges are bad, so the marketing folks renamed them and
repositioned them in the market.

Stephen Carville wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

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