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difference between: switch - router - hub - bridge
You can't connect a switch directly to the internet and have it properly manage the PC's - that's what the router is for. You could connect 1 PC directly to the internet and then to a switch - all other PCs could then connect to the switch. Using the proper software, u could then share the...- BurlyBoy
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- Forum: HP Networking solutions
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Hub connected to 2 computers on Internet
Here's a question: I've got a friend who claims that he was able to plug his cable modem into the "uplink" port of his 10/100 hub and his two computers into slots 1 and 2 of the hub AND they both now share the internet as well as an internal network. What gives here? I thought...- BurlyBoy
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- Forum: HP Networking solutions
