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No. What you think of as a router is in fact a router with a hub on the back. It is the hub on the back of the router which might negate the need for a switch. But if you have 30 machines to think about, you need switches not hubs. Hubs don't know which machine is on which connection, so everything is echoed everywhere. But a switch knows which machine is on which port and only sends to the correct port. [It only knows the machines by MAC address, not by IP address.]tomsolomon wrote: »So a router would negate the need for switches and hubs could be used in their place?Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0 -
No, it's actually a switch that is included with home routers.DVardysShadow wrote: »No. What you think of as a router is in fact a router with a hub on the back.
Another common mistake is to assume routers by definition perform NAT and firewalling.0 -
Hmm. I have never been convinced that it is a switch rather than a hub - there are so many home routers out there and you would need to examine each one in order to generalise, that I tend to think of them as hubs.TimothyEBaldwin wrote: »No, it's actually a switch that is included with home routers.
Another common mistake is to assume routers by definition perform NAT and firewalling.
I agree about NAT and firewalling. DHCP and time server also come into the same bracket of extra functions which are not central to a router.Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0
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