[X Newbies] Ethernet Hub/Switch

[Kevin Stevens]

--On Monday, September 15, 2003 03:51 -0400 Vincent Cayenne 
<vcayenne at mac.com> wrote:

> A switch's cons are the addition of "hops" and some latency, neither of
> which are an issue on the now-typical 3- to 10-device home network
> connected to Cable or DSL.

A switch is a layer 2 device and does not add any hops in the traditional 
sense of the term.  Hops are a layer 3 characteristic used by routers to 
track IP packet duration.

Both switches and hubs are subject to the Ethernet repeater count rule, 
perhaps that's what you were thinking of.

KeS