But how and what causes these changes to the earthâs surface? There are basically 2 types of changes that occur to the earthâs surface (i) Slow change and (ii) fast change. Fast changes occur through the actions of Earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, etc. while slow change takes time and has a process.
Each port on the switch has a table associated with it of devices that are connected to that port. In this way, the switch will send the data to the correct device without sending the data out every port. I don't know if this will 'speed' up your network. It will certainly make it more efficient.
What you need is an ethernet switch. Most routers contain a few ethernet ports so they do have something of a built-in switch. Modern switches tend to be auto-sensing so you can use either type of cable. The simple thing is just use the straight through that you mentioned rather than a crossover cable.