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Could my Linksys state it is a 'hub, but
Name: cliiff Date: April 18, 2002 at 21:11:14 Pacific
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Could my Linksys state it is a 'hub, but actually be a switch?
Thats unlikely. A switch is a piece of technology far superior to a hub - that'd have to be a BIG mistake on Linksys's part! Clients on a hub have only the total bandwidth alotted to thim divided among all of the systems on that hub; switches manage to boost the signal to allow full bandwidth to all clients on the switch.
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Response Number 2
Name: cliiff Date: April 20, 2002 at 21:02:22 Pacific
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I found aout that it is labeled a switch but is a hub!
Summary: As the other guy said: [START] ---> [RUN] --- enter "cmd" this will bring up a dos box. then type "ipconfig/all" to show the info you have "ipconfig/release" to let the IP ya have go. "ipconfig/renew"...
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