Need mor LAN ports

[Axel Sypkens Smit]

Hi I am in need of more lan ports.

Is there a device I can place after my router to get more lan ports or do I have to get a different router?

Thanks in advance!

[NicekillBG]

A hub

[Axel Sypkens Smit]

A hub

 

Thanks! feel kind of silly now haha

[NicekillBG]

Thanks! feel kind of silly now haha

Dont worry i didnt know a hub even existed a few months ago

[Guest]

or switch

Switch will be faster when multiple PCs are connected

[Altecice]

A hub

 

 

Thanks! feel kind of silly now haha

 

Just going to point out that if you are going to be adding alot more devices a hub will not be ideal and may slow things down. A switch would be a much better option.

 

The difference between a hub and a switch:

 

Hub = one collision domain, one message in one port gets forwarded out all the other ports (so each device has to process every packet on the network to discover if its for them or not, as you can imagine in a larger network this will become a real issue) Also there is a security risk if every devices receives all packets.

 

switch = each port is one collision domain, one message in will only be forwarded to the correct port out (Switches hold a MAC address table so it knows where each packet is going to and from) This means no security risk and no packet storms of messages from every device to every other device.

 

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Most of this wont apply to you (like security issues) but now you know the difference