On Tuesday 31 January 2006 08:20 pm, JB wrote:
Hi gang,
My girlfriend recently got satellite internet. Her daughter of course needs to use it also (as will I soon). I thought a router would be the thing to use for all 3 of us to hook into to use the 'net, but a friend here said a hub/switch will be just fine.
Heh, tell your friend to go google hub, switch and router. Very different animals. As most peeps here are telling you, you need a router to distribute the single incoming IP address to the multiple IP addresses your computers will need. Then you need a switch (or a hub) to allocate the bandwith among those computes. Typically, the modern home-market router will also have a switch built-in and is very inexpensive. I have mine configured: modem (dslam) -> router/switch -> boxen
Which is better? Which would allow all 3 of us to be 'online' at the same time the best (meaning, which/what would try to even out the bandwidth we use if all 3 of us were online at one time?)? Is the switch good enough? It seems to be working well enough for the two of them as it is, but I'm just curious if there's something that might be any better.
Thanks,
JB -- Ragheads and illegal aliens...the world's cockroaches.
Actually, just for clarification, "ragheads" typically aren't the scourge you make them out to be. I have several seik friends (all with the "raghead") and they have nothing to do with the Muslim extremists to which you're referring.
When a person's first acts in America are to illegally sneak in, lie about their status, obtain fraudulent identification, deceive public services and solicit an itinerant job in the underground economy, people have a right to ask what sort of neighbor they might become.
Heh, good one! Of course, the next question is - how ethical is the business owner who employs said illegal alien? -- kai www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part