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58302 2002-06-29 06:07:00 Hiya, whats the diff between a hub and a switch?

Brendon ;/
nzporscheboy (603)
58303 2002-06-29 06:34:00 Look here for answers

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godfather (25)
58304 2002-06-29 10:04:00 Short answer:

Hub is slower and cheaper, switch is faster and more expensive. For low traffic levels a hub will be fine but if there is a lot of network traffic go for the switch.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
58305 2002-06-29 10:42:00 There is a huge difference between a Hub and a switch as far as stability of the network and file transfer speeds especially for Dos based Windows versions in my opinion.

Personally I think a Hub is a piece of crap because of the differences and not worth bothering with at all. Hubs were probably fine when a switch cost the price of a second-hand car but now switches are far cheaper making the Hub (IMHO) a total waste of time and money.

IMHO!!!
John Grieve (367)
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