Hi, I'm a networking newby, and I asking what model is better and why, but I can't answer me because I don't know, so I show you my question and pray for your answer. Thanks! I saw these schema at many organizations: Suppose you 've 4 rooms (A, B, C & D) and a corridor of about 50 metres between (A) and the other rooms. At room (B) you 've 8 Pc's, (C) you've 12 Pc's and (D) you've 15 Pc's. At (A) only 1. 1) I saw 35 wires from (A) to (B=8), 12 to (C) and 15 to D. So, I wonder... 2) Why don't use 3 wires from (A), one for each room, and use a switch in each room to send signal to the pc's?? For the 1st case you must have a switch with 48 connectors, and no more hardware, in 2nd case you must have 1 switch at (A) and one switch for each room of about 8/16 connectors, it may be expensive because you must buy 3 switch more, but what about the signal? It's better in which case? Thanks and sorry about my english. Another man behind the acknowledge

The difference between the two is based on what you are looking for. In most companies, the IT organization does not want a switch/hub in each "room". It is much easier to maintain a single termination are (or as few as possible). This also leads to having a more stable environment. For example, if the one wire gets cut or something, the whole room would be isolated. In a small company or a home based network, most people wouldn't have a single terminated area. They would have hubs or switches in each room.