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Thread #118683   Message #2569602
Posted By: Austin P
17-Feb-09 - 07:43 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Ethernet Y-Splitter for Cable Modem?
Subject: RE: Tech: Ethernet Y-Splitter for Cable Modem?
Tech:

A hub broadcasts signed packets: (192.168.0.2 / 192.168.0.3 /192.168.0.4 ) down a single wire. This is a holdover from old (like me) linear network configurations (daisy chains). Hubs are slow when you have more than 2 computers on the network.

Now. Routers are smarter. They send it down the right wire. (a 'star' configuration).

Christ. I hate technology.

AP

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