Ken Diliberto wrote: > > It's fun arguing "marketing-speak" with engineering folks. :-) > > I see a 10/100 Sub (I like that one the best) as two hubs with > a bridge > between them. Based on the connect speed, a port can > participate on > either the 10Mbps side or the 100Mbps side. I was just > wondering if > that bridge was full or half duplex... :-)
It would have to be half-duplex since the only ports it can communicate with are hub ports on the hub sides of the "sub." Priscilla > > P.S. > I just jumped into this thread for the fun of it. I'm getting > my > moneys worth. :-) > > >>> "Priscilla Oppenheimer" 09/11/02 > 11:45AM > >>> > Ken Diliberto wrote: > > > > My understanding of a 10/100 hub is it has a bridge/switch > > internally to > > Technically there's no such thing as a 10/100 hub. If a device > connects > two > different speed networks, it has to do store and forward of > frames (not > just > forwarding of bits) and hence is a bridge or switch. I wouldn't > call a > device that does both, includes hub ports and an internal > bridge/switch > as > you mention, "a hub," but product names are chosen by marketing > people > not > engineers. Shall we create a new term? Brub or swub or hubge or > hubtch. > > To quote my co-author in Troubleshooting Campus Networks, it's > amazing > the > terminology that can result when one engineer and two marketing > people > go > out to lunch. He threw that in a few times in our book. :-) > > Priscilla > > [snip] > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=53179&t=52973 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
