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Couple of definitions first. Some people may disagree with this. Network hub: A network hub is a network device that a single network of the same  media types. but paths are intermingled (obsolete) Network switch: A network switch is a network device that a single network of the same  media types. but paths are separated. Network bridge: A network bridge is a network device that connects a single or multiple network segments of different media types. Network router: A network router is a network device that connects multiple network segments of the same media types. Now to get confusing. Many network devices can be a combination of the above. Take for instance what a lot of people call a router is actually a combination of of a bridge and a router. These we all pretty much know about, but what if we wanted to connect some legacy devices such as dumb terminals so they would have virtual access to the network. Actually they are just acting as an ex...

Even the Sega Dreamcast runs nix and not MSWindows. Nix runs on almost anything. Linux is available for amd64 armel armhf i386 ia64 kfreebsd-i386 kfreebsd-amd64 mips mipsel powerpc sparc s390 s390x source multi-arch   Bsd is available for:   (openbsd) alpha Digital Alpha-based systems amd64 AMD64-based systems armish ARM-based appliances (by Thecus, IO-DATA, and others) hp300 Hewlett-Packard HP 9000 series 300 and 400 workstations hppa Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture (PA-RISC) systems i386 Standard PC and clones based on the Intel i386 architecture and compatible processors landisk IO-DATA Landisk systems (such as USL-5P) based on the SH4 cpu loongson Loongson 2E- and 2F-based systems, such as the Lemote Fuloong and Yeeloong, Gdium Liberty, etc. luna88k Omron LUNA-88K and LUNA-88K2 workstations macppc New World PowerPC-based machines, from the iMac onwards mvme68k Motorola 680x0-based VME systems mvme88k Motorola 881x0-based VME...

Even the Sega Dreamcast runs nix and not MSWindows. Nix runs on almost anything. Linux is available for amd64 armel armhf i386 ia64 kfreebsd-i386 kfreebsd-amd64 mips mipsel powerpc sparc s390 s390x source multi-arch   Bsd is available for:   (openbsd) alpha Digital Alpha-based systems amd64 AMD64-based systems armish ARM-based appliances (by Thecus, IO-DATA, and others) hp300 Hewlett-Packard HP 9000 series 300 and 400 workstations hppa Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture (PA-RISC) systems i386 Standard PC and clones based on the Intel i386 architecture and compatible processors landisk IO-DATA Landisk systems (such as USL-5P) based on the SH4 cpu loongson Loongson 2E- and 2F-based systems, such as the Lemote Fuloong and Yeeloong, Gdium Liberty, etc. luna88k Omron LUNA-88K and LUNA-88K2 workstations macppc New World PowerPC-based machines, from the iMac onwards mvme68k Motorola 680x0-based VME s...