No -- a NAS is a separate piece of networking hardware.
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Nearly all network hubs allow any compatible device, including printers, to be shared.
NIC (Network Interface Cards), cables, routers, switches, hubs. Optional stuff can include storage area network (SAN), network attached storage (NAS), firewalls, and IDS (intrusion detection systems).
standalone hubs
Network hubs are platform independent. That is, they don't distinguish between Macs or PC's.
cabling
it is a switch in hubs
You simply plug the second hub into the first. Modern hubs will be just peachy in the configuration.
Switches use routing table which does allow to brandband your connection requests how hubs do. It protects you from sniffing programs.
No software is needed for network hubs.
There is no magazine that is specific to network hubs and switches. However, PC Magazine is a computer magazine available on newsstands and MozillaQuest (http://mozillaquest.com/index.html) is an online magazine that may include articles and other information on network hubs and switches.
USB hubs are commonly used to connect several different devices to a computer system. In other words if someone wants to attached several printers, an external hard drive, a microphone, or any number of other devices to their computer at the same time they should buy a USB hub.
router,bridge