Hub versus switch...

[brigden]

I have both a switch and a hub, both Linksys. I'll be connecting up to four PCs, all sharing a single cable connection, but each with seperate IPs. Pardon my noobishness, but which piece of hardware is most desirable?

Cheers.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Switch, but you wouldn't really notice a diff between the two in a small home network.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Switch. At current prices, there is absolutely no excuse for the existance of hubs.

Oh, and you will notice a difference in a home network.

- M4H

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Switch. At current prices, there is absolutely no excuse for the existance of hubs.

- M4H

yes indeed.

The only reason hubs existed at all was because Your Average User couldn't afford a switch...

Right now I'm using my nice, free after rebate 8-port 10/100 switch from Newegg. No complaints.😎

 

[captains]

my switch wont work as my hub will about 70ft away from router

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Switch. At current prices, there is absolutely no excuse for the existance of hubs.

Oh, and you will notice a difference in a home network.

- M4H

Right on! 😀

 

[WackyDan]

Switch adds better security -(at a basic level of directing traffic port to port instead of broadcasting machine specific traffic across all ports.), and better performance/throughput when multiple computers are transmitting data (large volume) at the same time.

For the extra $$$ (which isn't much these days ) go with a switch.

 

[brigden]

Thanks, guys.

 

[Matthias99]

Also, you need a switch/router to do NAT, unless you're using Internet Connection Sharing. This will make your life a lot easier than if you use a hub. The price difference now is negligible anyway...

 

[stickybytes]

If all four computers are using the connection at the same time, will the network with the switch be surviving better than the one with the hub?

 

[Arcanedeath]

A switch is in all ways better than a hub, a Hub is just a dumb switch that can't tell who to send the data to so it sends it to everyone (ie all the ports) and then discards info that isn't desired.

 

[WackyDan]

Originally posted by: stickybytes
If all four computers are using the connection at the same time, will the network with the switch be surviving better than the one with the hub?

yes.