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Gareth · 08-05-2006, 10:43

Yep, just what Handyman says...

A hub is a dumb piece of kit that just rebroadcasts all traffic it receives irrespective of the source or destination, so all machines on a hub receive all traffic.

A router is a much more intelligent piece of kit as it inspects the traffic to determine source and destination, and it then only routes traffic to its specified destination.

For your purposes, a router is much more suited than a hub. You'd eventually kick yourself if you did buy a hub.

08-05-2006, 10:43	#14
Gareth cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Age: 49 Posts: 7,099	Re: Whats the difference between a hub and a router? Yep, just what Handyman says... A hub is a dumb piece of kit that just rebroadcasts all traffic it receives irrespective of the source or destination, so all machines on a hub receive all traffic. A router is a much more intelligent piece of kit as it inspects the traffic to determine source and destination, and it then only routes traffic to its specified destination. For your purposes, a router is much more suited than a hub. You'd eventually kick yourself if you did buy a hub.