Re: What's a good place to buy networking gear?

Walter Roberson wrote:

(snip)

You would likely have to get a gigabit ethernet hub specially made
for you -- there are no known gigabit ethernet hubs on the market.

While 'hub' is often used in place of 'repeater', the words do
have distinct meanings. Since the first hubs were repeaters,
and the word is shorter it often got used to mean repeater.

In any case, the existing gigabit hubs, describing the topology
of the wiring, are switches (or bridges) describing the logical
function.

-- glen

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