Whats the difference between a Router and a Hub?

Well, not exactly true. Most professional grade routers are just routers...home (ie low) grade routers sometimes do.

bbnn wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@enews3.newsguy.com:

Google.com and dogpile.com are your friends. And most routers have a built in *switch*.

A router moves traffic between two or more networks.

A hub passes any traffic on any port to all other ports - it has nothing to do with routing traffic. You can only have one conversation going on at a time between ALL of the ports.

A switch does not pass all traffic to all ports, it only passes traffic to the ports that are talking with each other - meaning you have had more than one conversation going on at a time (in general).

"Michael J. Pelletier" wrote in news:cQJYd.207963$0u.194017@fed1read04:

I wouldn't know what a professional router is. Maybe, you mean high-end router. That's like saying a Pinto cannot be used in a professional role because it's a Pinto. But a Benz can take on a professional role because it's a Benz. ;-)

Duane :)

Duane - routers didn't have switches/hubs until the SOHO units came out for residential use. Routers are not really the proper term for the SOHO units like D-Link/Linksys/Netgear, they are hybrid units that do routing and other functions.

Leythos wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@nowhere.lan:

So what is this WG SOHO 6 router I have a hybrid? I think I can trun it into switch.

Duane :)

Actually, you could turn it into a switch, disable DHCP and don't use the WAN port and it will work as a switch. It's a firewall, not a router. Firewalls may contain routers and switches.