Switch-hub?

[Mike Coleman]

Sam Miller <svekan at mindspring.com> writes:
> Could someone tell me the advantages of either a hub or a switch for a
> small home network?

Don't forget the disadvantages.  Principally, with a switch I believe you
normally can't easily sniff traffic between two ports from a third port.  (I'm
sure more advanced switches probably allow you to configure this, but do the
cheap ones?)  This would be a major minus if you're trying to do any kind of
network development, and pretty inconvenient if you ever have to diagnose
network problems.

Personally I think it'd be the rare household that would notice any difference
between a hub and a switch.

--Mike

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