On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 09:52 PM, Franklin Maurer wrote:
On Monday 22 September 2003 6:54 pm, pheonix1t wrote:
Thanks to phoenix1t, Josh , Tom and Bruce for their replies ...
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I know the definitions of router and switch but haven't actually configured either. I'm also poor and I thought switches were more expensive than routers.In fact I'm only getting the internet access because it will come through my job at Comcast.
If you could point out some good info for the right time to use a switch versus a router I'd appreciate it.
Or how to have linux take care of the routing info.
TIA
Just a note on the home made router, there are lots of pre-stipped linux based router/firewall packages. Usually take between 300 and 500mb and 32meg of ram. Clarkconnect is the only one that comes to mind right now. Switch v. Router. I haven't noticed much difference in the two personally, but I understand that the more traffic you have the more you want a switch. Switches direct traffic to a specific machine and routers just route them along to all the machines. Thus increasing network traffic. Here's some links to help sort it out. http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/internetworking/ http://handsonhowto.com/lan102.html Here's some simple explainations. Good luck. You'll have lots of fun. will