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Do routers act like hub or switch

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Do Routers/Modems such as the Sky Hub, BT Router and Virgin Media Router transfer data out of all Ethernet ports regardless of whether if device connected to that port actually requested for the data.

Basically I'm asking do the ethenet ports on morden hubs/routers these days act like a hub or a switch

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Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

The ports on a router act like a switch.

Oh wow. Is this with basically all routers or just a majority?

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Hubs are dead and should be forgotten! Forever! :P

No router made in the last decade, probably longer, would act like a hub.

A hub just blasts traffic out all ports, all the time. A switch knows where to send traffic and only broadcasts when it doesn't know where a host is before learning and then sending directly.

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1 minute ago, Assassinguy2623 said:

Oh wow. Is this with basically all routers or just a majority?

I imagine it would depend on the specific model, but it would be hard to imagine any even slightly decent router would be using a hub-like design for that portion of itself.

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1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

I imagine it would depend on the specific model, but it would be hard to imagine any even slightly decent router would be using a hub-like design for that portion of itself.

Yeah I would too. It's just because my Router/Modem is called a 'Sky Hub' which is why I thought it might act like a hub, but I guess it is just their stupid/confusing naming scheme.

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2 minutes ago, Assassinguy2623 said:

Yeah I would too. It's just because my Router/Modem is called a 'Sky Hub' which is why I thought it might act like a hub, but I guess it is just their stupid/confusing naming scheme.

Yeah I wouldn't worry too much about the name. In all likelihood, it's no more a hub than it is in the sky :P

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Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

Yeah I wouldn't worry too much about the name. In all likelihood, it's no more a hub than it is in the sky :P

haha. 

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10 minutes ago, Assassinguy2623 said:

Yeah I would too. It's just because my Router/Modem is called a 'Sky Hub' which is why I thought it might act like a hub, but I guess it is just their stupid/confusing naming scheme.

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

My phone has a apple on it, but its not food.

oh i eat my phone

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They probably use the term "hub" because it more accurately evokes the purpose of a router to the average joe than the term "switch"

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