On 4/11/22 4:18 PM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote:
Were there ever actual true 10b2 switches?
I've seen 10Base-T versions of -- what I would call -- bridges in box for sale.
I've seen /many/ different software products that could be installed on computers with supported interfaces to be bridges. You could easily have 10Base2 / 10Base5 in those.
IMHO an unmanaged switch is an evolution of a bridge. Or in the past, I used to say (a very long time ago) a switch was was three or more ports and a bridge was exactly two ports. -- Probably inaccurate in some way. But it worked for the conversation at the time.
I've only ever seen them as hubs, and I haven't seen a 10bT switch that had a 10b2 port (all the 10bT devices I have with 10b2 ports are hubs).
I /want/ to say that I've seen a switch with AUI or BNC connectors on it. But I can't remember any off hand. Maybe something modular that has optional add-in cards. But I can't think of any fixed configuration switches with AUI / BNC.
-- Grant. . . . unix || die
