Re: Kinda On Topic - network question

["the-croft" <alan@xxxxxxx>]

A hub simply sends all network traffic to every port.

A switch looks at the destination mac address of each packet and only sends
it to the relevent port(s), this means it needs to be quite a bit more
intelligent (and expensive) than a hub.

If you have a lot of machines sending a lot of data at once (to different
destinations) a switch can make quite a difference in network performance.

If most of the traffic is travelling to/from one machine it probably won't
make any difference.

Alan Shields
alan@xxxxxxx

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Bhargava" <jonathan.bhargava@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Kinda On Topic - network question


> Hi
>
> I need to upgrade my old 8-port network hub to something faster
> I have just seen a 16-port network 'switch' on the Scan site.
> Please can somebody excuse my ignorance & tell me the difference
between a
> hub & a switch?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Jon Bhargava
>
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