What is the difference between these two guys: switches and hubs? How is the bandwidth shared among the clients that are plugged into each of these?
I have a cable connection and am looking at buying a cheap old Pentium so I can set up a samll LAN for my studies (MCSE).
I have been reading and shopping on the web. The cable routers (Linksys, D-Link, SMC) appear to be good candidates, but I need to know the difference between a hub and a switch first.
Thanks in advance!
