Re: Do I need a switch, a hub, or a router?
From: John R Weiss (jrweiss98155_at_NOSPAM.comcast.net)
Date: 11/09/04
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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:16:09 -0800
"Joseph Rynerson" <joseph.rynerson@att.net> wrote...
> want to move two of the hard wired computers into this room. My plan is to
> connect the two computers in the new room to the router through one existing
> cat 5 wire. In the new room the computers will be hard wired into a switch,
> (hub or router) which will communicate with the existing wireless router
> through one run of cat 5. Will this work? Which do I need a switch, a hub or
> another router?
You need a switch. A switch is actually a "switchable hub," which is the modern
version of a hub. The short version is that a switch provides full bandwidth to
each machine, and a hub provides shared bandwidth.
Switches are cheap enough, and hubs aren't made any more (that I know of). Any
hub you find will likely be a 3+ year-old leftover.
Wire the switch to the downlink port in your router.
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