VanLUG Email Archive
Brian Edmonds (brian@gweep.bc.ca)
Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:38:01 -0800
Ian Simpson <isimpson@ground-it.com> writes:
> You can have a dual speed hub like a 10/100. It is not a switch. It
> contains some autodetection circuitry and will translate the data
> between the speeds.
As I understand it the 10/100 hubs are implemented as a 10Mbps hub and a
100Mbps hub with a simple switch between the two hubs. Presumably it
autodetects when you plug in and routes your data to the appropriate
hub.
Ya'akov N Miles writes:
> its a pity ADSL doesn't use switches.
Whatever gives you the idea it doesn't? All I ever see when I sniff my
ADSL link is ARP traffic and some netbios stuff -- all broadcast.
Sounds like a switch to me.
Brain.
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