I bought four Linksys HUBS for my work a while back, for the express purpose of being able to sniff some traffic. Couldn't do it. Opened a unit, and googled for the chip part number. It was an ethernet switch
Hi Doug, Switch : http://computer.howstuffworks.com/lan-switch.htm Router : http://computer.howstuffworks.com/router.htm Other useful info here : http://computer.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm Hope this helps. - Mark Dodd -----Original Message----- From: Doug McGarrett [mailto:dougmack@i-2000.com] Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 9:49 AM To: Derek Fountain; SuSE English Subject: Re: [SLE] Ethernet hubs question For those of use who are not IT savvy, what's the difference between a hub and a switch and a router? I have a Linksys "router" which, I believe, I could use to connect 2 or up to 4 computers in a network. I use it for its firewall capability. Could you, or someone, please explain what these words--hub, switch, router--actually mean? Thanx. --doug At 19:43 04/10/2003 +0800, Derek Fountain wrote: part
number. The chip manufacturer's web site claimed a new breakthrough technology that lowered the price point to the point that their chips could be used instead of simple repeater chips.
Interesting. In my case it's a Linksys which is clearly a hub, not a switch, but it's interesting that the components can be, and are, interchanged quite readily. Maybe my Netgear hub is actually a switch after all. That would certainly make sense with regard to what I'm seeing.
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