OTish fibre broadband,home networking etc
On Mon, 11 May 2015 17:30:08 +0100, News wrote:
However, just in case that does not work, what do I need?
Not a 10 Mbps hub that you've just tried. Apart from the 10 Mbps
aspect a hub is just a glorified distribution amplifier. What ever
comes in on any port goes out of all the others. A switch takes note
of MAC address's and switches the packets to the correct port.
Gigabit switches are cheap, personally I've slightly gone off Netgear
recently and would look at TP-Link first. But TBH if you stick to a
known brand and a sensible price for a 5 port Gigabit switch your
won't go far wrong.
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Cheers
Dave.
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