hubs urgent help needed!
hubs urgent help needed!
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a hub is "dumb" and just broadcasts the signal on every port, a router generally offers more things like port forwarding, NAT, etc..
- I think nobody sells hubs anymore?ribit
- switches are better than hubsribit
- are routers and switches the same?acescence
- no, router distributes local IP addresses from one internet connection....ribit
- switch just gives you ability to add more computers on your local network, but wont handle the IP allocation...ribit
- ..which you need if your ISP only gives you on IP address.ribit
- *oneribit