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Re:Can’t send email more than 500 miles (2002) by brazzy on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @06:49PM (#37578134)
No routers, only switches.
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Re:Can’t send email more than 500 miles (2002) by aidenn0 on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @06:55PM (#37578197)
I thought it meant no hubs, only switches...
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Re:Can’t send email more than 500 miles (2002) by NoZebra120vClip on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:07AM (#37580276)
I thought it meant circuit-switched, because that's the other option next to packet-switched, which is, of course, how TCP/IP works.

Layer 2 switches were a rare animal indeed during 1994-1997. There sure wouldn't be any VLANs.

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