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 Member 165 Level 22.05 Mar 2006 
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A switch would probably be better: hubs are, effectively, repeaters, so you'll get bogged down eventually. Of course, you probably won't even notice it that much; whichever should work. (A hub will definitely be cheaper.)
Jam it back in, in the dark.
Last edited by Snowknight; Mar 21, 2006 at 06:15 PM.
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Member 165 Level 22.05 Mar 2006
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You can always plug the required computers into the hub/switch and then plug the hub/switch into the router. (You might need a crossover cable to be wired from the hub/switch to the router for this to work.)
In other words, no, you don't need another network card. As for the differences between the two... A switch builds a switching table of hosts connected to it. This means that when the switch recieves data from a host, it can look in its switching table to find the port it should send the data out in order to have it properly delivered. A hub, upon recieving data, floods it out all the ports (including the one it came from in most cases), assuming that it will find the right host via a process of elimination. Most amazing jew boots |
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