On Saturday, June 7, 2003, at 03:21 PM, RK Rossi wrote:
I plan to connect my 9600/300 and several G4s with ADSL connection. I need
to make a decision on whether to go with a hub or router. My DSL provider
recommends a hub. Any recommendations for hubs? I am leaning towards
NetGear, probably a 16 port.
That's odd, unless the modem the DSL provider is offering is functioning as a router; if you want to connect several devices, you'll need to connect a router to the DSL modem, then your computers to the router.
Router: A device that bridges two defined networks, usually your local network and the Internet.
Hub: allows connections on a single network segment; it is a 'dumb' device. All traffic is broadcast to the entire network, it's up to the various ethernet interfaces to recognize traffic for them.
Switch: A 'smart' hub, which sends traffic for a specific ethernet interface to the port it's connected on. Allows far more efficient utilization of available bandwidth.
Most so-called Cable/DSL 'routers' actually combine a router, for a connection to the other network, and hubs or switches, so that you can connect multiple devices to their local network, into one device.
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