On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 22:23:26 -0500 "bryon3245@netzero.com" <bryon3245@netzero.com> wrote:
I have a couple of questions. Why would you want a hub over a switch?
a hub is inexpensive. what is seen on one port is (generally) seen on all the others. if security is not an issue and you don't have huge amounts of traffic on your LAN, then a hub is a reasonable choice. switches tend to be a little more expensive because of the nature of their operation. they usually work by learning which ports are used when the computers communicate, so when communication happens after the first time, the information is handled a bit faster. the nice thing here is that once that traffic pattern has been learned, nobody else on the switch sees those packets, unless they are connected to those ports. if you are interested in playing with VLANs, you'll need a switch. there aren't any plain hubs that i am aware of that are smart enough to do more than repeat VLAN packets. Hope this helps... -- +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | William Smith wsmith at chezsmith dot com | | Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows | | everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next. | | * TAG! v2.2 * | +--------------------------------------------------------------+