I have a problem separating these two terms.
What is the difference?
I am going to buy one of them to use in my home network. I will use it to increase the number of ports for the router.
What kind of stuff do I need to do that.
I'd like to keep the price to a minimum.
Thank in advance
"Out of the silent rabbit
Dreams of desolation
Out of the silent rabbit
Come the demons of creation"
A swich can be discribed as a roundabout, while a hub is more lika a crossing
Nice metaphor...Originally Posted by Izomatic
A swich can be discribed as a roundabout, while a hub is more lika a crossing
Which one would you recommend me to buy?
"Out of the silent rabbit
Dreams of desolation
Out of the silent rabbit
Come the demons of creation"
A swich is preferable - of course. But if you have a very tight budget, go for a hub. Personally I would go for a cheap swich (e.g. netgear), after all they are not much more expesive=)
let´s say that you have a hub (100MBits) with 10 ports... and one of the person whos on the hub only have a 10Mbit NIC... then the hole network will run att 10Mbit...
If you have a switch his NIC wont affect the rest of the network...
Switch is a better choice, but more expensive... :/
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Another problem with a hub is that all data is transfered to all ports at once, which results in that you have a total of 100mbit to all ports, while a switch gives 100mbit per port. (assuming that you are using 100mbit NIC and switch/hub of cource). If you buy a 24 port 100mbit hub, and everyone uses full capacity on their port they will only be able 100/24mbit, about 4mbit.
Also, that statement that coore made is not true for all hubs, mine can handle both 10 and 100mbit cards simoultaneously.
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hmm.. okey, didnt know that....ops:
sorry..
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How much would a cheap switch cost? I require no more than 4 ports.
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Dreams of desolation
Out of the silent rabbit
Come the demons of creation"
about 40$...
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The difference between a hub and a switch is that a hub sends out the information to all of the ports, and a switch sends it only to the port who needs it.
I think it is totally unnecessary to buy a hub today, the prices of switches is almost the same as for hubs, buy a switch!
This isn't comletely true!! My netgear hub can both use 100MBit and 10 Mbit at the same time (100MBit only between 2 100MBit cards...).
Well that's not completely true! It's only for some network protocols like IP (TCP/IP) but NOT for UDP...
Personaly I would buy a switch. A switch is only a few $ more expensive than the hub...[/quote]
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Hi there DeepBlueMagic, welcome to the forums!
Guess who I am?
How can I guess??? Never seen that nickname :P .Hi there DeepBlueMagic, welcome to the forums!
Guess who I am?
It have been long time since I saw you on Nordichardware... Damn you joined the english one before me.
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Yes, it has been a while, but now I've started to work at NH.com a littleHow can I guess??? Never seen that nickname :P .Hi there DeepBlueMagic, welcome to the forums!
Guess who I am?
It have been long time since I saw you on Nordichardware... Damn you joined the english one before me
Haha, I got the URL to the forum before it was started, so.. :P And I joined the swedish before you too :P
BTW, can I have your ICQ number.
And sorry guys for talking off topic
im gonna snitch that to explain to n00bs what a hub & switch areA swich can be discribed as a roundabout, while a hub is more lika a crossing
btw, wtf is this sopost to be ?!? --->
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