[TriLUG] OT: Home Depot and Cat 5

Jim Ray jim at neuse.net
Tue Oct 5 13:30:35 EDT 2004


> Do note that a traditional, old school, hub does not "reform" the
> packets in the manner that you're attempting to do, to extend an
> Ethernet segment.  You need to use a switch in that situation.
[JR>] signals propagating in active digital transmission circuits whether
hub or switch go through transistors that snap 0's and 1's back into shape.




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