On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 22:39, Jason Baugher wrote:
If the IT guy works for you - fire him. :) -----Original Message----- From: Sevak Avakians [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Fri 10/31/2003 8:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Hubs vs Switches Thanks, Jason! and to think I had an IT guy tell me not to bother with a switch and just get a hub! Sheesh! :-| On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 17:20, Jason Baugher wrote: A true hub will retransmit ALL packets across ALL interfaces, regardless of the type. A switch SHOULD only transmit packets to the interface that are destined for the interface, based on the learned MAC addresses of the devices on that interface, including broadcast traffic. Switches are good for reducing broadcast traffic on large networks by splitting the network up into smaller broadcast domains. Hub = bad Switch = good Router = best Jason Baugher -----Original Message----- From: Sevak Avakians [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 2:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [smartBridges] Hubs vs Switches I'm seeing some emails on this list that hubs will spread data all over the network. If I have 2 computers connected by a hub to a aB, is this a bad design? Should I replace the hub with a switch? Sevak
