When it comes to complexity of network connectors, you have got multiple levels, with a switch (hub) at the bottom and a router at the top. A hub is an astonishingly dumb gadget. It accepts a packet ...

A couple of quick questions. What is the difference between the two. I have 3 PC's here at the house. I want to be able to move & copy files between the 3. I have a cable modem hooked up to a Netgear ...

IIRC, a regular hub is one single broadcast domain and all trafic is broadcast to all ports. The difference being in that a switching hub is still one broadcast domain, but only forwards packets to ...

When you use your computer on your home or office network, there's a lot happening in the background. To connect to another device on your network and use the internet, you're using two pieces of ...