Hub Sold as "Switch"
A coworker of mine told me that you have to be careful when you purchase a switch these days because manufactures will label a simple Layer 1 hub as a "switch" in an effort to improve sales. I'm skeptical. Is he correct?
btassure
I have NEVER seen this happen. Not to mention that to do so would almost certainly contravene your local advertising laws by selling a product that does not operate as described. If this actually does happen you could probably make enough from suing them to buy yourself a very nice layer 3 switch :o)
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Most of the small office switches sold today are actual 'switches'. The Hub/Switch wordplay was when 100mb first came out. You would see advertisments for a 10/100 switch, when actually the only switching that was performed was between the 10mb and 100mb backplane on the device. I still find myself reading the fine print on todays stuff however ...
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TreyH,
When you're reading the fine print, do you look for "layer 2 switch"? Or, do you simply try to avoid a "10/100 switch"? Or, is there another telling phrase that you might look for?
When you're reading the fine print, do you look for "layer 2 switch"? Or, do you simply try to avoid a "10/100 switch"? Or, is there another telling phrase that you might look for?
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