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| 3374.1 | | STRWRS::KOCH_P | It never hurts to ask... | Tue Mar 19 1996 06:49 | 7 |
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No, it's not a switch. It's a subdividable repeater. You can create up
to 6 LAN hopping groups within the repeater. Each one of these groups
can be LAN hopped to any Ethernet LAN on the backplane (we won't
discuss going out the front).
So, it essentially repeats bits and nothing more.
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| 3374.2 | Why name it a Switch? | ZPOTS1::JUSTIN | | Wed Mar 20 1996 00:18 | 8 |
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Just as expected. Then why the name PortSwitch. It misleads
customers than it is a switch.
Regards
Justin
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| 3374.3 | pity the poor glossy-reading customer | NETCAD::MILLBRANDT | answer mam | Wed Mar 20 1996 13:01 | 9 |
| >It misleads customers than it is a switch
But what is a "switch" anyway? There are repeaters, bridges
and routers. Switch, like hub, is just more mangled marketing
mumbojumbo. A hub was originally a multiport repeater, but we
call a chassis with an active backplane a hub. Try analyzing
what a MultiSwitch Hub might be!
Dotsie
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| 3374.4 | It's when a bridge is a switch | PTOJJD::DANZAK | Pittsburgher � | Fri Mar 22 1996 11:25 | 20 |
| Remember a :switch: is marketecture for a bridge.
However, in the early IP world with broadcast storms and falwed IP
implementations routers were preferred and the term :bridge: was the
kiss of death.
But router performance at one time was a teeny tiny fraction of what a
bridge could do.
So, companies started making :switches: (multi port bridges) which
solved this nasty problem as IP got better.
My Dictionary sez that a switch typically changes paths. So - if I
have a multi-port repeater that can push-point-click to change a
path/LAn conenction, it's a switch. And, besides, after you demo a
PORTswitch to a customer...most of them WANT IT because no other vendor
can do that nice stuff as well as we can.
So, get 'em to SWITCH to Digital! (grin)
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| 3374.5 | "(grin)" from Jon Danzak? | SLINK::HOOD | Your bad news bear | Fri Mar 22 1996 13:59 | 3 |
| Has anyone else noticed that Jon is in a good mood today?
Kinda scary...
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| 3374.6 | | NPSS::WADE | Network Systems Support | Fri Mar 22 1996 14:14 | 3 |
| There must be a piece of news that he hasn't heard as yet...
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| 3374.7 | Of course - it was Friday! | PTOJJD::DANZAK | Pittsburgher � | Tue Mar 26 1996 06:53 | 9 |
| Of *course* I was in a good mood. It was Friday!
But now it's Tuesday and this must be Belgium...or no..it's Dayton
again today. (I think that I'll avoid that Air Force base - last time
they really did *NOT* like that Roamabout product there......)
(grin)
j
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