These are most commonly located in South East Asia. Gigabit One thousand million bits. The number of bits that be transmitted in one second. Gigabit Ethernet A variant of Ethernet that operates over multimode fiber optic cable, single mode fiber optic cable, or unshielded twisted pair, at 1000 Mbps. A common connection point for devices in a network that takes an incoming signal and repeats it on all other ports.
Hubs operate at the physical layer.
Host Processor A general-purpose computer or microprocessor e.g. a microprocessor used for control functions in an embedded system. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. LAN Local Area Network. A data network intended to serve an area of only a few square kilometres or less. MAC Media Access Controller.