Hello !
It might just be marketing s..t! I mean, every corp. is trying hard to find
out new concepts, but more than often they find new names for old ones! A
Hub may be able to switch Layer 2 (ethernet) frames. For that purpose it
analyses either the IP destination address (layer 3 say)of the packet within
the frame or the MAC destination address (Layer 2)of the frame itself (or a
specific tag in there in case of 802.1q). Lets call the first kind of stuff
a switch, and the second one a switched hub...or the other way around that
is just a matter of terminology...the best way to decide here is to read the
documentation of the product as to how it is configured (based on L2 or L3
informations)...
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De: Singer XJ Wang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Date: mardi 16 novembre 1999 03:48
> �: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Objet: RE: [expert] Switch Hub
>
>
> 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?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bug Hunter
> > Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 8:37 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [expert] Switch Hub
> >
> >
> >
> > 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?
> > >
> > >
> >
>
