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> > Nope. A hub doesn't do anything with collisions - it just propagates
> > them bit by bit. The NICs sense the collision.
> 
> Technically this is not even a colission  situation.  Many new NICs and
> Hubs (both must support it to work) support full-duplex 10BaseT, allowing
> 20MBits/sec.  I am not sure what happens when it gets into the hub and
> needs to be propogated to other ports though *shrug*.

If a "hub" supports full duplex then it is by definition a switch - at
least in my language.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no