Are you confused about the difference between a hub, a router, and a switch? You’re not alone! These networking devices may ...

Whenever you see a box with a few Ethernet ports, it’s either referred to as a router, or a switch, sometimes people will even use the word “hub”! Fortunately, it’s simpler than it may seem. A router ...

A group of co-workers was trying to hold a meeting in a conference room of our large corporate HQ building. They had wanted to have everybody bring their laptops and collaborate, but since the ...

Accton has released two eight-port Auto-Negotiation 10/100Mbps Ethernet switching hubs. Port eight can connect a station or operate as an uplink port, with automatic cable crossover functions. Each ...

That's gonna be tough. You'd need a switch that stacked the ports 4 over 4 instead of 8 across. Haven't found one yet (haven't been searching forever yet though).<P>I have seen 5-port switches mounted ...

Standing in the networking aisle of an electronics retail store, anybody could mistakenly pick up a router instead of an Ethernet switch or vice versa. The product packages as well as the devices ...

The three devices commonly used for linking components together on a network are hubs, switches and routers. Though similar in function they differ in capability and utilization. Hubs and switches ...

Shared versus dedicated channels. In an Ethernet network, every client, server and network device is wired to a hub or switch. A hub shares the total bandwidth among all users, while a switch provides ...