[mswindowsxp] Re: Firewall Configuration

  • From: "Snowshelbi" <SnowShelbi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:21:13 -0500

May I ask what is the diff between a switch a router and a hub!?! And
which should be used when 2 computers are sharing one internet
connection!?

-----Original Message-----
From: mswindowsxp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mswindowsxp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Atwood
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 3:17 PM
To: mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mswindowsxp] Re: Firewall Configuration


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You're quite right Joe - but it was the *purpose* of a hub/switch v a
router that I was querying. ;-)

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-----Original Message-----
From: mswindowsxp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mswindowsxp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Parker
Sent: Monday, 16 December 2002 7:10 AM
To: mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



>That's a little puzzling, because routers (in the context we are
>discussing here) are not interchangeable with switches or hubs.=3D20
>Different purpose all together.


True, but these days the line is quickly being blurred by the cheap SOHO

routers that are widely available. They all come with built-in switches.










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