[ILUG] ADSL hub thingimagii

[Chris Higgins]

On Mon,  9 Feb 2004 17:24:35 +0000
Niall O Broin <niall at linux.ie> wrote:

> On Monday 9 February 2004, chris.higgins at darach.ie (Chris Higgins)
> wrote:
> 
> ><PEDANT>
> >> 
> >> On the subject of ADSL hubs. 
> >
> >There ain't no such thing as an ADSL hub, hubs are either a layer
> >two technology used for connecting devices to shared media lans,
> >or they are a 'design' methodology used to refer to a central focal
> >point for network design ( ie: hub and spoke )
> >
> >I presume you have an ADSL router/bridge which has a built in
> >Ethernet Hub. 
> 
> If you're going to be pedantgic, at least be correct. All of these
> gadgets that I've seen are either single port, or have Ethernet
> switches, not hubs. I guess this is because an Ethernet switch chipset
> now costs about 2 shekels.

Ah feckity - you can't try and be an uber-pedant, and then qualify
it with "that I've seen"... That takes all the fun out of poking
you back.

The Cisco SOHO 77H ADSL Router has a 4 port Ethernet hub.

Anyway, were you having a bad reading day or something ? What part of
"I presume you have ", did you interpret as "all ADSL routers have
only got 4 port hubs"

> 
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> Niall
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