Hub shares bandwidth, so if one computer is hogging bandwidth then the rest will suffer. Plus 10MB isn't that fast anymore.<BR><BR>A switch, OTOH, gives each port equal bandwidth. Switches can ...

Router Vs. Hub Vs. Switch. The three devices commonly used for linking components together on a network are hubs, switches and routers. Though similar in function they differ in capability and ...

When it comes to complexity of network connectors, you have got multiple levels, with a switch (hub) at the bottom and a router at the top. A hub is an astonishingly dumb gadget. It accepts a ...

Unlike a router which is capable of creating and routing between multiple networks, a switch is a device that’s designed only to facilitate communications for devices on the same network.

nutz what you described was a switch. only thing that segments broadcast domains are routers. <P>Sagan's description of a switched hub is correct.

The Difference Between an Ethernet Switch and a Router. Standing in the networking aisle of an electronics retail store, anybody could mistakenly pick up a router instead of an Ethernet switch or ...

The difference between a switch and a router fundamentally comes down to scale. A switch connects devices—computers, printers, and wireless access points, for example, that each have an IP ...