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When should I use a Hub Instead Of Switch?
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| Ybentrepreneur 2003-04-14, 9:51 am |
| Hello all, I have a real simple question...
If have 8 PCs Connected, I am trying to save a little money. Should I use an 8Port Hub?
Will everything run just as fast with a HUb?
Or should i just purchase the 8Port Switch instead?
How many PCs do you think I will have to hook up to a single hub b4 I start to see network Performance decline?
Thanks a lot fellas. | |
| clarkv 2003-04-14, 10:27 am |
| I can't imagine there would be that much price difference between the hub and switch, what with the prices having dropped so much recently. Get a switch. Every device you put on the hub will be contending for the same shared bandwidth (every packet will be sent to every port, every time) as they will all be in the same collision domain. With a switch, every device is in it's own collision domain (packets are sent only to the port where the destination device resides). | |
| Mat P 2003-04-14, 11:18 am |
| You don't have to get an expensive Cisco switch either, you could just get a cheap linksys switch (and still be supporting Cisco as they bought them out a couple of weeks ago!!).
You probaby would be OK with a hub with 8 users if you already have one, though as clarkv said there isn't much difference in price - I was on a job once and somebody claimed to have brought an eight port switch for £25 online. | |
| ruscorp 2003-04-14, 11:36 am |
| Hubs? Why when for $10USD more you can get a better switch? | |
| soccer4net 2003-04-14, 11:57 am |
| At the MicroCenter here they have cheapo NetGear switches for $10 to start with. | |
| ChrisDfer 2003-04-14, 11:59 am |
| What is a switch? Is it the same as router? Do switches route frames based on the layer 4 MAC address or somthing? | |
| clarkv 2003-04-14, 12:12 pm |
| Yeah, that's it - layer 4 MAC address..... Surely you must be joking!! | |
| soccer4net 2003-04-14, 3:57 pm |
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Originally posted by clarkv
Yeah, that's it - layer 4 MAC address..... Surely you must be joking!!
Just read his info, that should leave no doubts. | |
| ChrisDfer 2003-04-14, 8:08 pm |
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Originally posted by soccer4net
Just read his info, that should leave no doubts.
Yeah, no doubts that I don't know anything. | |
| revcop 2003-04-15, 2:35 am |
| A switch dedicates bandwidth so you should use a switch instead of a hub. | |
| ChrisDfer 2003-04-15, 3:27 am |
| What modem do? Is it the same thing a USC/USD can a router be used in polace of NIC? | |
| ChrisDfer 2003-04-15, 3:34 am |
| Blah anyways. You're prolly better if getting a switch because like everyone said you get the dedicated banwidth on each port(but it sounds like you already knew that) However if you are just using it for a lab to play around with you migh tbe able to get a good deal on a hub that has a real high port concentration and get it much cheaper then you would if it was a switch. Like I got a 24port hub for $10 off of ebay a few months ago. I mean could have paid a little more and go a used switch with not eveb half as many ports as the hub. Of course if you are talking about a production enviroment then go switch of course. But don't listen to me I don't even know what a layer 3 MAC address is used for what a MACNET Mask is used for. | |
| darronb 2003-04-15, 11:23 am |
| A switch only gives you a dedicated Collition domain and NOT a broadcast domain. | |
| clarkv 2003-04-15, 11:31 am |
| I don't recall anyone saying a switch gives each port a dedicated broadcast domain???? | |
| darronb 2003-04-17, 1:01 am |
| Sorry, read the subject wrong, thought it said broadcast, but it said bandwidth.
Godd bit of info though |
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