analogy from switch, router,...

what are the good analogy from real life for router, hub, bridge
switch. I have had hard time to understand them and why we need them!!
what are the differences between them etc. I thought examples from
real life would help me to understand them. Thanks a lot for the help.

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> what are the good analogy from real life for router, hub, bridge
> switch. I have had hard time to understand them and why we need them!!
> what are the differences between them etc. I thought examples from
> real life would help me to understand them. Thanks a lot for the help.
>
A hub has spokes, a bridge joins thing together, and a router tells
something where to go.

On Wed, 19 May 2004 10:49:32 -0700, esara wrote:

> what are the good analogy from real life for router, hub, bridge
> switch. I have had hard time to understand them and why we need them!!
> what are the differences between them etc. I thought examples from
> real life would help me to understand them. Thanks a lot for the help.

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Graham.