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Network Questions #2 can see to much of #1

Mota331

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I have 2 computers directly connected to the internet with a HUB computer #1 is a proxy server and computer #2 is a normal Gaming Desktop computer. I have a firewall installed on both computers and on computer #2's firewall it keeps logging the IP addresses of the websites that I visited on computer #1, which isn't even connected to it.

If I was to switch to a Switch instead of a HUB would that stop computer #2 from being able to see the IP address of the websites that computer #1 is sending out or receiving stuff from?

I am posting this in the Gen Hardware because no one answers in the network Forum
 

Narse

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Well a HUB does broadcast all packets to every port so the computer would see the packets, a switch does not so this may help