In an ethernet network there are 4 devices that from the the outside look very similar. In this article we will look at and review the difference between hubs, switches, bridges, and routers.
In an ethernet network there are 4 devices that from the the outside look very similar. In this article we will look at and review the difference between hubs, switches, bridges, and routers.
For a random Bible verse block on one of my other sites, I needed a way to pull a single random record out of the database.
During development of an online application, I needed a way to generate a GUID. I’m sure there are other, better ways to do this. But, this is how I decided to do it.
Do you ever find yourself needing to know whether an ethernet port will light up without actually hooking it up to a switch. Or, do you need to know what port on a switch a certain jack is plugged in to. Lucky for you, it’s really easy to make your own ethernet loopback cable.
After moving from an apartment into a house we found ourselves with computers in different rooms; and they both needed internet access (and printer, and hard drive sharing).
I had an unfortunate experience with a small, cheap, inherited SMC ethernet hub. Originally I had two computers linked together with this switch and a DSL modem attached via a crossover cable. My computer had the PPoE dialer and a free proxy program to allow the other computer to get internet access. While not a great solution, it did work. The biggest problem was that my computer had to be on for the other computer to get internet access.
Don’t complain about spam in your inbox anymore. Bill Gates gets over 4 million pieces of email per day.