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Cisco 4848
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I admit I've never heard of this switch albeit I have heard of the old Aironet 4800 AP but this doesn't have builtin switch ports.
Anyway I would summise the last 4 ports on this switch are either dedicated fibre ports (in which case you lose the 4 ports to fibre regardless if you plug anything in them or not) or they may be "dual-purpose" which some of Cisco's much newer switches supports (like the 2960). Dual-purpose ports support either a copper or fibre connection.
Dual-purpose ports are instantly recognisable as they will have 2 physically different interfaces for the same port reference.
Anyway I would summise the last 4 ports on this switch are either dedicated fibre ports (in which case you lose the 4 ports to fibre regardless if you plug anything in them or not) or they may be "dual-purpose" which some of Cisco's much newer switches supports (like the 2960). Dual-purpose ports support either a copper or fibre connection.
Dual-purpose ports are instantly recognisable as they will have 2 physically different interfaces for the same port reference.
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