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A managed switch simply means that the ports can be set up manually, and normally that data on the traffic being carried can be viewed (how busy each port is).
This means you could fix a port at 100Mb/s or full duplex, or whatever instead of trusting the automatic negotiation (which is not always foolproof).<br> <br>
With hubs and switches, we now have a way of physically connecting '''several''' devices, such as a PC, physically together.
== LAN/Ethernet ==
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