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where am I to start... first to answer your question..
- regarding performance in relation to generic internet usage, no you wont notice a difference.
- using more intensive protocols such as the ones used in gaming, you will experience package drops and lower latency
. if there is a poor cable, a shortcut or a bad nick or a pc with bots and virus on it, you will experience a congestion on the network that is if it does not come to a halt. hubs are more prone to brake down and easily go bezerk when there is a bad NIC, cable or software behind it.
- there is no rational excuse to use hubs in todays networking, hubs were intended as a cheaper alternative in small environments back in the days when components were very expensive. nowadays a switch is what you should select, if you select a hub you need to have a very good geeky excuse for that (ive had an experiense with such once but that is a different story)
- security wise, YOU WOULD BE A FIRST CLASS IDIOT TO USE A HUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a hub or a switch with mirrored ports are the ideal thing to sniff the network!! so think twice!!!!!!
get a switch, install and use it and tell your ISP that its a hub. if he persists then change your ISP as he is a first grade moron! get him online to nasherlo 3ardo!!!!
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Kareem wroteJust a question guys. I do not want to sound noob, I know the difference between a hub and a switch for sure.. but.. I was having problems with my switch lately connected to the network. My reseller went crazy he wants to replace it by a hub :| he said that it will not affect the performance. As far as I know.. Hub are half duplex thing.. That hub will still be connected to another switch.. and 4 other users including me. There is some debate on the internet that a 100mbps Hub will not affect the Internet performance. Should I go for it?