Switch and Router same thing???

[bige14]

Hi everyone i'm building my own comp. and goin back to school on august i was plannin on connecting my desktop n two labtops to my room but there is only 2 ports soo i'm want to buy a router but is a router same thing as a switch? also which a good router or swtich i can get to connect to my school's lan line. thanks keep the posts comin lol

 

[office politics]

what is a router thread

 

[bige14]

thanks samuels