Re: [expert] Switch Hub

[Sergio Korlowsky]

Bug Hunter wrote:

>   A hub is like a wire splitter that connects all the wires together.
>
>   a switch has a computer that only connects the wires together for the
> data packets that matter.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Singer XJ Wang wrote:
>
> > I still havn't gotten answer to my big question:
> >
> > I see Switched HUBS and SWITCHES
> >
> > what's the diff between those or are they teh same but some wierd
> > marketing scheme?
> >
> >

and there are also 'repeaters' to boost the signal when the distance
between stations is
too great. ;-)