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| Sat Nov 11, 2000 | 11:49P| PermaLink |
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"A hub or switch is basically a box that your lengths of UTP plug into. It is
necessary for more than two computers. The difference between a hub and a
switch is that whilst a hub sends data to every single computer on the
network, a switch only sends data to the machines that require it. The
result of this is that the network can run in full duplex (200mbit/sec) and
the pings are better for multiplayer games- especially at a large LAN party
where there could be several games going on and an FTP server all on the
same network. With a hub, the games would become unplayable if people access
the FTP server but with a hub, the pings are still very respectable. Since
switches are a lot more expensive than hubs, I will be concentrating on
hubs."
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FULL STORY @
HEXUS
(http://www.hexus.net/pcnetworking.shtml)
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