swithch and hub question

[hui xu]

All,

I am building a home network using two computers. One
computer having  two network cards are used as server,
the other has only one network card are used as client
computer. My question is :

1.should I use a switch or hub between them? I tried
directly connect these two computers without switch or
hub. It seem that this structure doesn't work. both
light on these network card are not on.

2. If the switch or hub is need, why and which kind is
better?

Best regards!
Louie

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