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I some times I get a Limted no connecty problem and I was wordoring if its because I run my internet thur a Hub. If I ran it thur a router would I have the same problem
hub should work pritty much the same as a router , i used one for years
QUOTE(pappy177 @ Jun 22 2006, 08:21 AM) 
hub should work pritty much the same as a router , i used one for years
ok, because my friend says that if I had router it would run alot better
I think it more depends on your connection and the quality of your router or hub.
Either should work just as well. All they do is split the signal to different computers, no real control over the connection speed as far as I know.
Either should work just as well. All they do is split the signal to different computers, no real control over the connection speed as far as I know.
QUOTE(bull @ Jun 22 2006, 11:00 AM)
I think it more depends on your connection and the quality of your router or hub.
Either should work just as well. All they do is split the signal to different computers, no real control over the connection speed as far as I know.
Either should work just as well. All they do is split the signal to different computers, no real control over the connection speed as far as I know.
ok I have a cable modem thanks
How many computers do you have hooked up to the hub? The problem with cable modems is they assign only 1 IP address and if you hook multiple computers up to it through a hub, only 1 computer will get an IP and if another one tries, there is an IP conflict and both are knocked off the network. Your best solution would be a cable/DSL router that will provide the DHCP services for your computers.
I have 3 computers hooked up and every computer can access the internet and they have there own IP.
I think Ace nailed it on the head.
You really need a router and use DHCP. This way the router has the only WAN IP (given to you by your cable provider) and the router dishes out unique IP's to each of your connecting machines.
Also, the router should be more efficient than a Hub. The router "routes" the correct data to the correct computer--AND (and this is a big one) a Router gives you a NAT, or Hardware Firewall so outside script kiddies cannot come in and get to your machines.
A good router can be had for roughly 30 dollars.
From: What's the difference between a Hub, Switch and Router?
You really need a router and use DHCP. This way the router has the only WAN IP (given to you by your cable provider) and the router dishes out unique IP's to each of your connecting machines.
Also, the router should be more efficient than a Hub. The router "routes" the correct data to the correct computer--AND (and this is a big one) a Router gives you a NAT, or Hardware Firewall so outside script kiddies cannot come in and get to your machines.
A good router can be had for roughly 30 dollars.
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A hub is typically the least expensive, least intelligent, and least complicated of the three. Its job is very, very simple: anything that comes in one port is sent out to the others. That's it. Every computer connected to the hub "sees" everything that every other computer on the hub sees. The hub itself is blissfully ignorant of the data being transmitted. For years, simple hubs have been quick and easy ways to connect computers in small networks.
A switch does essentially what a hub does, but more efficiently. By paying attention to the traffic that comes across it, it can "learn" where particular addresses are. For example, if it sees traffic from machine A coming in on port 2, it now knows that machine A is connected to that port, and that traffic to machine A needs to only be sent to that port and not any of the others. The net result of using a switch over a hub is that most of the network traffic only goes where it needs to, rather than to every port. On busy networks, this can make the network significantly faster.
A router is the smartest, and most complicated of the bunch. Routers come in all shapes and sizes, from the small four-port broadband routers that are very popular right now, to the large industrial strength devices that drive the internet itself. A simple way to think of a router is as a computer that can be programmed to understand, possibly manipulate, and route the data its being asked to handle. For example, broadband routers include the ability to "hide" computers behind a type of firewall, which involves slightly modifying the packets of network traffic as they traverse the device. All routers include some kind of user interface for configuring how the router will treat traffic. The really large routers include the equivalent of a full-blown programming language to describe how they should operate, as well as the ability to communicate with other routers to describe or determine the best way to get network traffic from point A to point B.
A switch does essentially what a hub does, but more efficiently. By paying attention to the traffic that comes across it, it can "learn" where particular addresses are. For example, if it sees traffic from machine A coming in on port 2, it now knows that machine A is connected to that port, and that traffic to machine A needs to only be sent to that port and not any of the others. The net result of using a switch over a hub is that most of the network traffic only goes where it needs to, rather than to every port. On busy networks, this can make the network significantly faster.
A router is the smartest, and most complicated of the bunch. Routers come in all shapes and sizes, from the small four-port broadband routers that are very popular right now, to the large industrial strength devices that drive the internet itself. A simple way to think of a router is as a computer that can be programmed to understand, possibly manipulate, and route the data its being asked to handle. For example, broadband routers include the ability to "hide" computers behind a type of firewall, which involves slightly modifying the packets of network traffic as they traverse the device. All routers include some kind of user interface for configuring how the router will treat traffic. The really large routers include the equivalent of a full-blown programming language to describe how they should operate, as well as the ability to communicate with other routers to describe or determine the best way to get network traffic from point A to point B.
From: What's the difference between a Hub, Switch and Router?
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