Ethernet hub vs. switch vs. router
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| 1 | I need to connect two wired devices to a single ethernet port at the far end of a powerline device. Will this suffice: I don't know enough about the differences between a hub, switch, and router etc. to know what will work and what I need. Thanks in advance for your help. smartass3000 - 2021-01-11 18:32:00 |
| 2 | The above won't work, you just need a simple network switch. loud_37 - 2021-01-11 18:38:00 |
| 3 | Something like this https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/computers/networking Edited by loud_37 at 6:43 pm, Mon 11 Jan loud_37 - 2021-01-11 18:42:00 |
| 4 | Agree,"Internet says no". It might work for low data rates on older devices apparantly, but very poorly. A switch is your cheapest option. Example: I have an older wireless router at the end of mine set up as a switch and wireless hub (router functions disabled). emmerson1 - 2021-01-11 18:47:00 |
| 5 | So sounds like a switch is what I'm after. What is the difference between these devices? smartass3000 - 2021-01-11 19:22:00 |
| 6 | https://community.fs.com/blog/do-you-know-the-differences-be To much for me to type loud_37 - 2021-01-11 19:25:00 |
| 7 | smartass3000 wrote:
Hub divides packet streams between ports ,one in many out, electrically, like a multi power point. They also are only ever transmitting or recieving at any given moment, they can't do both at once. Switches switch between ports very rapidly 1 to 1, Switches offer far better performance especially as they scale up in port numbers. Routers are a kind of switch, except they switch networks not devices. So you buy a router it routes between your home network and your isp network. ronaldo8 - 2021-01-12 10:16:00 |
| 8 | a hub takes data and sends it out all ports, (thing of the past now) a switch does the same at first, but it learns what is plugged into each port, and then sends data for a device only out the port that device is in. these are used for data on the same network shall - 2021-01-12 23:34:00 |
