Hub-Based Networks
Nowadays hubs are inexpensive devices that you can use in your network to provide port or connection sharing for your users. For example, you might use a hub in your home to share an Internet connection among multiple computers or in your office to share a switch port with multiple users grouped together in a room.
Hubs in a Home Network
Suppose that you have a computer at home, with a printer, and are using a cable modem or digital subscriber line (DSL) for access to the Internet, as illustrated in Figure 12-1.
Figure 12-1. Home Computer, Modem, and Internet
The network shown in Figure 12-1 is a basic network configuration ...
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