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Forward/Return on Switches?
Ok, thank you very much:)- TheCynth
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- Forum: Data Transmission general discussion
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Forward/Return on Switches?
Hmm...ok, thanks for answering, but what I was getting at is that a switch regenerates your signal, right. It lets you go an additional 100 meters with your CAT5, so I was going to run a line about 80 meters from one side of a building to another(router/switch to switch), then let it regenerate...- TheCynth
- Post #3
- Forum: Data Transmission general discussion
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Forward/Return on Switches?
Hi, I'm helping a few guys network a buddy's business to help him save a few bucks. I know switches act as a repeater, but do they regenerate the forward and return paths? Furthermore, to accomplish this would I have to cross-over from port 1 to port 1 or will the uplink to port 1 regenerate...- TheCynth
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