Maybe, but I've bought things that I think are (5-port) switches (advertised
as such) for in the range of $10 in various sales or on ebay, and so far, have
no reason to doubt them.
I guess I'll have to really test in the near future.
Ok, just did a simple test -- on a 5-port switch, with 5 devices plugged in,
one powered off:
* solid green lights on 4 ports (when no traffic) indicate the 4 devices that
are powered up
* flashing green lights on 2 ports when data being transferred
I believe it is a switch -- will check the other switch in service ...
Ok, same thing.