An active hub is a multiport repeater.  You can usually tell an active hub
from a passive hub by whether or not it uses its own power supply.

-dan

On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Kevin Goad wrote:

> It depends on what kind it is.  Intelligent hubs or repeaters will
> retransmit a signal, but the cheap home network hubs don't.
>
> On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 05:16, Randall Oshita wrote:
> > Will a switch or HUB act as a repeater?
> > Thanks
> >
> > Randall
>
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