Re: switch newbie

On 22 Feb 2007 18:27:56 -0800, cmk128@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi
My friend told me the switch will not assign IPs to clients but
router will.

Maybe, depends. Usually a dhcp server assigns IPs to clients.

What is the different between switch and router?

You would be amazed at what you can find on google.com

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&safe=off&q=router
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&safe=off&q=switch
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&safe=off&q=hub
.

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