The three devices commonly used for linking components together on a network are hubs, switches and routers. Though similar in function they differ in capability and utilization. Hubs and switches ...

Please excuse me for lack of knowledge but can anyone please explain what a router does exactly? I know what a HUB and Switch will do, but the router I'm not sure of. I need to get one of these ...

At the minute I live in a university flat so have free ethernet access. I use this by having two NICs in my XP machine and using internet connection sharing wizard to give my wife's computer access as ...