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If one of hub is damaged,will it cause others hub damage too?why can't i enable the rapid dual homing

There is a multi-ring topology, combined with 8 Hubs and 2 switches, i want to ask two questions 1. If H3 is damaged,but the fiber is still ok, will H2 damage too in the future? i have thinking to ...
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Is there a MTBF related to port linking?

During a firmware upgrade, I've noticed one problem: An equipment keeps linking/unlinking on a specific port of a PowerConnect 3548(stp portfast, switchport access mode). I've contacted the local ...
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Is there any reason to use a hub over a switch?

Given that hubs are essentially the same as switches, as far as I know, except they share bandwidth between all connected devices, while switches do not, resulting in faster connections. I am simply ...
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Is it possible to design a network switch that could work only with combinational or sequential logic circuits without a software?

And if it is possible are there any companies that are building these type of switches ? Are they/would they be much more expensive than a regular switch which has a more 'standard' processor and is ...
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Toggle Switch for an Ethernet Cable

Is it possible to place a switch in one of the four/five wires of an Ethernet cable that will disable it? For my hardware project I would like the user to be able to disable the internet connection at ...
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