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Hub broadcast the signal coming from a port on all ports, so the media is shard all devices connected to hub will work on half duplex.
Switch provide microsegmentation, so the media is not shared and all devices connected to Switch can transmit in full duplex.
Hups in the network is no longer used, or bearly used.
Hubs is broadcast model and switch is a virtual circut model. hub transfer communicate data to all computer, which connected with hub, but switch know the destination where this data communicate. By generating less network traffic in delivering messages, a switch performs better than a hub on busy networks.
Hub is Dumb Device
Switch is Inteligent Device And it is worked on mac table
Hi, Both are used for the same purpose to connect all devices on a network, in a simple way, We can differentiate between HUB and Switch, HUB does only Broadcasting, where as Switch does first time broadcasting(flooding) and second time it does unicasting, Usually, HUB has been described as Dumb, since it broadcasts data packets to all the devices connected on the network, but Switch is used to send data packet files to a particular device on the same network. So Switch is always better than a HUB...
Switch first broad caste and store all the mac id's of that network devices and then unicaste.HubWhen a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.
Switch is the best to use
Switches and Hubs are often used in the same network; the hubs extend the network by providing more ports, and the switches divide the network into smaller sections.
In a small network (less than30 users), a hub can easily cope with the network traffic generated and is the ideal piece of equipment to use for connecting the users.
When the network gets larger (about50 users), you may need to use a switch to divide the groups of hubs, to cut down the amount of unnecessary traffic being generated.
Hub has the capability to communicate the data to all the receivers which are connected with it and switch in short we can say one to one communication where it is activatec only to the destination where it is required so based on your application try to select either hub or switch.
Hub is used for multiple connection for pc and also switch for same purpose
But switch has memory where Hub does not have.
Main difference between HUB and Switches:
HUB: creates single collision domanin and single broadcast domain
Switch: creates single broadcast domain and multipal collision domain
Switch is far far better network device in comparison of HUB.
Hubs are very dumb network devices. They allow all devices that are connected to it to communicate to each other. It makes no decisions about traffic direction, it doesn't inspect traffic quality or verify packet integrity.
A switch can be considered a 'smart' hub. It will actively look at the traffic it receives and based on the destination address it will direct that traffic only to the port needed.
in case of HUB, you can not transfer file between multiple computers at the same time. But, in case of SWITCH, everyone at a network can transfer file without creating problems to others. So, the Switch is better.
Router is used for communication between Networks and Switch is used in Network..both are Impotant for big Network,.....
