what is Duplex Modes i know that most hubs that i am looking at support half mode

can someone help explain that to me ...
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also what is better a router or hub ...
sorry ... just getting in to this networing thing

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I don't know much about networking, but I thought Full Duplex and Duplex was a term that refers to sound cards...?

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10/100 Half Duplex means it can send OR recieve at 10/100mbps but not both ways simultaneously. You have to finish sending at 10/100 to recieve at 10/100. You cannot send at recieve data simultaneously at those speeds. Full Duplex means it can send AND recieve at 10/100 simultaneously both ways. I guess those networking reviews I wrote a while back helped me =). Merry Christmas!

Yeah, writing reviews helps quite a bit. The router/hub question was a bit weird. Usually a router refers to something that takes a network, and connects the entire thing to a bigger network, like say, the Internet. A switch however, is a smart hub. It will send your packets of data to where they need to go, and no where else, much much much better for high traffic networks, even with the full duplex "dumb hubs" you run into quite a few collisions and congestion. But, with a switch you cut down on total network traffic, allowing for better networking experience. It really depends on the network, what you should get, being the price differences are not exactly small.

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well what i have in the mix is at least 14 drops in my house. unless my wife thinks she needs one in the laundery room... and say about 1/3 to 1/2 will be in use, in one way or another ... io have been watching e-bay so as to get an idea of prices ... but when it comes to brand's ... not a clue ... the only ones that i know is like BayNetworks and 3com and hp ...
so you say a switch is the way to go ... and here is the second question ... at there several flavors of switches ... or can you point things out that i should and shoulden't get in a good product



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Wow...old thread that never got answered... :-)
If you're only dealing with <16 nodes, then a hub is just fine. A switch is good, and some (overkill) performance users stick to switches, but if you're just running a simple home network, then a hub is just fine.

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