On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 14:21:26 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:

> > They are no more intelligent than an ethernet hub.  
> 
> I doubt that.
> 
> I would think they're at least as smart as a modem or an Ethernet
> switch.

They are certainly not as smart as a switch as they make no packet
routing decisions, a modem is closer to the mark, but there's certainly
no decision making involved.


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