Whenever you see a box with a few Ethernet ports, it’s either referred to as a router, or a switch, sometimes people will even use the word “hub”! Fortunately, it’s simpler than it may seem.

Network hubs provide a central location for attaching wires to workstations. Often, these hardware devices include a network switch that controls how and where data is forwarded. Hubs receive data, ...

They said smart home hubs were dead, but 2024 has seen a resurgence of these multi-protocol machines that work with every ...