Thread: switch vs hub

i want to share my broadband internet on 2 pcs
what should i do?

use a switch/hub

pls tell me which is better ........

Cheapest way to do it would be by buying a wireless router.

you can get a hub, it will probably be a lot cheaper than a switch or wireless.

I think, not sure, it costs around Rs500 for a 8 PC hub.

I am not too sure about the technical advantages/disadvantages , but my dad had a hub for his small office and every1 could use the net from 1 line.

wireless router

a u sure

i mean wireless works fine or not

i want to share my broadband internet on 2 pcs

1.
If your Adsl Modem has both LAN and USB ports
( so called Type I or II by bsnl) you can connect two systems.
Select your modem here.
BSNL BROADBAND MAIN MENU
If not seen give details here.
2
For a future use of a laptop suggestion in Post No 2 best.
Adslmodem+4port router+wifi from BSNL will cost Rs 1600/=+taxes.

3.
Just for reference study:

HowStuffWorks "How LAN Switches Work"

or if u have budget go for netgear wireless router + modem, it has 4 LAN Ports and the wireless one, so if u have small office 4 pc's + unlimited wireless connectivity can be done.

it costs abt 3.2k (approx)

router is the future proof method. Don't even bother the wired ones because you may end up having a laptop soon. Other gadgets might also benefit from this.

A hub is typically the least expensive, least intelligent, and least complicated of the three. Its job is very simple: anything that comes in one port is sent out to the others. That's it. Every computer connected to the hub "sees" everything that every other computer on the hub sees. The hub itself is blissfully ignorant of the data being transmitted. For years, simple hubs have been quick and easy ways to connect computers in small networks.

A switch does essentially what a hub does but more efficiently. By paying attention to the traffic that comes across it, it can "learn" where particular addresses are. For example, if it sees traffic from machine A coming in on port 2, it now knows that machine A is connected to that port and that traffic to machine A needs to only be sent to that port and not any of the others. The net result of using a switch over a hub is that most of the network traffic only goes where it needs to rather than to every port. On busy networks this can make the network significantly faster.

A router is the smartest and most complicated of the bunch. Routers come in all shapes and sizes from the small four-port broadband routers that are very popular right now to the large industrial strength devices that drive the internet itself. A simple way to think of a router is as a computer that can be programmed to understand, possibly manipulate, and route the data its being asked to handle. For example, broadband routers include the ability to "hide" computers behind a type of firewall which involves slightly modifying the packets of network traffic as they traverse the device. All routers include some kind of user interface for configuring how the router will treat traffic. The really large routers include the equivalent of a full-blown programming language to describe how they should operate as well as the ability to communicate with other routers to describe or determine the best way to get network traffic from point A to point B

Router vs. Switch:
Routers can connect wired or wireless (WiFi) networks. A switch is used for wired networking connections.

switch vs hub :
a smart hub is called a switch ,switch can distribute the packets according to the header which hub doesnt do.


check the approximate price list to get an idea

TheITWares - Routers & Switches

go for Dlink switch or belkin wireless router