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802.11b: The wireless part works as a hub? I'm a bit confused...

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Nighthawk69

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Hi there,

I have been doing my homework on the 802.11b setup I want to put in my home, but I need a bit of clarification on something:

I have read that with an 802.11b router, the wireless end of it acts like a hub and the wired part has a switch in it. In case you need to know, I'm planning on getting the SMC wireless router... anyway, my question is since this acts like a hub, can multiple computers still use the Internet at the same time on the wireless end? It would be kind of pointless, for me anyway, if it did not allow this...

Thanks!! Happy Holidays!
 
Perhaps if they said it was like multiport hub. I dont know. I dont really see the confusion, but yeah, most SOHO wireless AP's/Routers will allow anywhere from 64 to 254 associations (clients).
 
It's like a hub in that all the wireless devices share the same 11Mb/s, but that should be plenty of bandwidth for a few clients.

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It is also saying that basically there is no ability to do switching across a wireless network. And what I mean by switching is that the information is only sent directly to the other computer that it needs to go to. There is NO way for a wireless AP to beem the information directly to the correct computer, it has to broadcast it to ALL the clients and thus acts just like a HUB does.
 
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