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What is the key advantage of using switches?

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Question added by Muhammad adnan Qumar , IT engineer , Synopsis Solutions Ltd
Date Posted: 2016/02/28
Mousa Alahmadi
by Mousa Alahmadi , I&C engineer , Técnicas Reunidas

 Reduces the number of Broadcast domainsSupports VLAN's which can help in Logical segmentation 

Miguel Datugan
by Miguel Datugan , ICT SUPPORT/ IT ENGINEER , ORGANIZACOES CHANA

3.  Switches  are more faster  as a layer 2 device example  Data Link Layer

Swithches Most imprternt in the Life cycle .

Aneesh kumar
by Aneesh kumar , IT Support Engineer , State Audit Bureau of Kuwait (United Engineering Services Co

switches handle network traffic successfully...

Kashif Manzoor
by Kashif Manzoor , Manager Infrastructure Automation & Network Team Lead , National Clearing Company Of Pakistan Limited

Switches use Supervisor Engine (Brain of Switch) due to which they have fast switching capability and least latency.

waqas junaid
by waqas junaid , Computer Operator , Governament

switches are more faster as it is a layer 2 device (ie data link layer), it make a discussion locally. One of the main advantage of using the switches is that it broadcast to all the devies in the one network.

Nithin n v
by Nithin n v , desktop engineer , Bharti airtel ltd

switch is more secure, and it's make any port communicate directly with any other port

 Compared to Bridges ,Switches are more H/w oriented therefore operations are less CPU intense[Basic operations].

Deleted user
by Deleted user

The key advantage of using Network switches is that, it handle network traffic successfully, while making efficient use of the available network bandwidth.

tayeb zerouki
by tayeb zerouki , maintenance informatique , laoufi informatique

distribue les données à chaque machine destinataire

Mahmoud Awwad
by Mahmoud Awwad , IOS programmer , CanadaGlobalCentre

To connect different hosts with the same Network, and to let them share same broadcast domain while seperating the collision domain, and ofcourse creating Vlans,VTPs,STPs,etc ..

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