whats the difference between a hub and a router?

[Max Crapp]

can i use a hub to share DSL conection at home?

[Bires]

I used my *switch* to share my charter cable connection, I got three separate IPs off the switch. Unfortunately, a hub is somewhat a lesser equipped beast than a switch, and many broadband ISPs frown on external switches and hubs and will give you only one IP.

So...the answer is *maybe*...prolly not though.

BTW: Performance through my netgear wireless router is about 90% what I got through my switch.

[Tommy Boomfiger]

bires, how did you share your cable connection with a switch? i couldnt get it to work. my isp gives us 3 IPs as well

[spigidygak]

Hubs and switches don't do sharing of a connection with one ip. A router is meant to do that. A hub is slower than a switch in which it splits speed across the board while a switch is smarter in splitting speeds. If you have more than one ip number you should be able to use the hub, however a switch will be faster and even better for security reasons a router.

[Bires]

Originally posted by Tommy Boomfiger
bires, how did you share your cable connection with a switch? i couldnt get it to work. my isp gives us 3 IPs as well

I didn't have to DO anything. I just plugged the cable modem into the uplink port, and the comps in ports 234, and it worked.

I got a router because when I wanted to move files between comps, It was limitted to the 1/2 of the cable modem's speed. (I suppose it was moving the files to charter before the target comp)

[Speedfreak]

You have to share the connection using one of the computers if you use a Hub or a switch. A router will share a connection and assign local ips. A hub and switch are only pathways to other computers on the network. A hub will send the signal to every computer hooked to it while a switch will only send it to the address (computer) that it is meant to go to.

Best situation: Get a switch and a router. That way you don't need one of the computers to server the internet.

[Tommy Boomfiger]

Originally posted by Bires


I didn't have to DO anything. I just plugged the cable modem into the uplink port, and the comps in ports 234, and it worked.

I got a router because when I wanted to move files between comps, It was limitted to the 1/2 of the cable modem's speed. (I suppose it was moving the files to charter before the target comp) thats what i did, but it wouldnt do anything. i guess it doesnt really matter, my router should be coming in a few days
Originally posted by Speedfreak
Best situation: Get a switch and a router. That way you don't need one of the computers to server the internet. or you could get a router with a switch built in

[Speedfreak]

Originally posted by Tommy Boomfiger
you could get a router with a switch built in

Well, ya. Same thing. Just one box instead of 2.