Hub or Switch for DSL access?

[Reverend Maynard]

I plan on ordering DSL within the week and I was planning on wiring my house with an 8 port 10/100 BaseT hub. I will usually have only 3 comps accessing the DSL and the LAN, but there is the possibility of up to 6 or so at any given time. Would a hub serve my purposes or should I go with a more expensive 5 port switch? I am not entirely sure what all a switch does differently than a hub is why I mount this question.

[UncleJoe]

Hi !
Hub is a multiport repeater which just delivers same data to all ports while every port of switch behaves like a small bridge (lets through only data ment to devices behind the port). I Think hub should suit to your purposes. But of course you can use switch too ...

J.

[cjolley]

I think you should get the switch. They are only about $10 more than the hub.
I have this one & it works very well.
http://www.linksys.com/scripts/featu...p?part=feswsk5

chuck




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[Jammrock]

I have some friends that have DSL and 3 computers hooked up to it. They normally use an 8 port 3Com 10/100 hub, but when I brought over my 5 port Linksys switch and hooked everything up to that they were shocked that there was a very noticable speed increase.

So the point is, a hub will work, but a switch will work faster. So if you can find a good price on an 8-port linksys, d-link or 3com switch, buy it. Just my opinion.

Jammrock

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[Manex]

I agree with chuck. You should get the switch considering the small difference in cost between the two. I have the same Linksys switch that chuck is using and it performs very well on my cable modem network with 3 PCs attached to it. Good Luck!

Cheers!

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[This message has been edited by Manex (edited 03 March 2000).]

[Helevitia]

Bottom line is:

Hub = Shared 10Mb, Half Duplex Connection.

Switch = Dedicated(10Mb per PC0 10Mb Sometimes Half or Full Duplex(and your NIC has to support it).

Switch will be much faster if all three computers are transferring large amounts of data(ie; more than 10Mb at a time). Personally, it is still much faster than Internet access so getting a hub would be much cheaper.

Dave

[mkaresh]

I bought a D-Link DFE-910 kit, which included a 5 port switch and two NICs. After rebate I paid $90. Even if you don't need the NICs, you're basically getting them for free with this kit.

I you need more ports, buy two kits and uplink. I bet it's still cheaper than an 8 port switch.

Now that I think about it, where's that rebate check?