>I only meant to say that a switched hub falls under a managed hub definition. Not to say that all managed hubs are switched hubs or visversa.
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That's absolutely not the case. A switched hub does just that it makes interconnections between nodes with buffer, media and speed conversion. Switched hubs don't need to be 'pre-programmed' to do this - in particular, reconfiguration of port speed on switched hubs should be done automatically. Managed hubs specifically provide a mechanism for remote configuration and reporting.

>Besides, I'm just a programmer not a lan guy.

I'm not a LAN guy, either, but I know what the things are...