>> (It's a switch? What's 
>> to configure? It's a passive component...)
> 
>   Wikipedia:
> 
> "Low-end network switches appear nearly identical to network hubs, but
> a switch contains more "intelligence" (and comes with a
> correspondingly slightly higher price tag) than a network hub. Network
> switches are capable of inspecting data packets as they are received,
> determining the source and destination device of that packet, and
> forwarding it appropriately. By delivering each message only to the
> connected device it was intended for, a network switch conserves
> network bandwidth and offers generally better performance than a hub."
> 
>   That sounds to me like being more than just a passive component (unlike
> a dumb hub which just forwards blindly everywhere)...

A hub is little more than an amplifier. A switch contains actual control 
electronics. That much is true. However, a switch still does the same 
*job* as a hub - it just does it better. There still isn't anything that 
needs to be "configurated". [But, as I found out, these switches are 
actually routers.]

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