Hubs and Switches and Routers, Oh My!
Hubs
- Basically a multi-port repeater
- Ethernet limits repeaters to 4 per segment
- Each hub counts as a single repeater
- Modern hubs usually have a way to connect them without incurring a repeater hop
- Hubs being replaced by inexpensive switches
- I wouldn’t suggest a hub except in the most trivial network setup