>If I use a hub/switch people can change their IP and gain access to other 
>networks.

>Is there any way to stop this as the hub acts of the same phyiscal wire?

There is no way to stop this with a hub, nor a non-managed switch, as they
both only work at the MAC layer.  But if your switch supports VLANs you can
do this easily -- you'll need a (more expensive) managed switch however.

-i
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