[H-GEN] network boggle

[Rob Kearey]

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Christopher Biggs wrote:

> > > Believe it or not, a 10/100 hub is a 10Mb hub and a 100Mb hub, with an
> > > ethernet bridge between them

> > Hmmm. Are there different MAC addresses for each port at different
> > speeds?

> A hub/switch does not have a MAC address, it is a layer-1 device and
> thus invisbile and non-addressible from the point-of-view of the
> network layer (unless it is a "managed hub" with an IP stack).

I was thinking in terms of the manageable hub/switch thang.

> --cjb

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Rob K
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Please abbreviate 'bandwidth' as 'bndwth'
thereby conserving precious bndwth.

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