Exactly, and the switch is a repeating device, and hubs are not.
The length recommendation is in the table on page four like I said. The table says:
-----From---------To---------Max.-Length-----
---Switch-----Switch/hub-----100 meters----
-----Hub----------Hub--------5 meters--------
-Switch/hub---Workstation----100 meters---
sorry if the table doesn't look great - doing it in text. : p
It also says that no more than 2 hubs in a row should be uplinked on a fast ethernet network, and if they are stacking hubs that must be stacked, to use a "stacking cable".
It also says hubs to not act as repeaters, and switches do, verifying by extension my original statement that switches have a longer distance from them to other devices, because you have 100 meters on either side, rather than a max. of 100 meters from one side, through, to the other, which explains where my thought that you can't go as far from hub to hub as from switch to switch came from.
Hub:
[X]----- wire A ----- HUB ----- wire B ----[Y]
for any X and Y the total wire distance cannot exceed 100m.
Switch:
[X]----- wire A --- SWITCH ---- wire B ----[Y]
for any X and Y the length of wire A cannot exceed 100m, and the length of wire B cannot exceed 100m.
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