Thursday, January 15, 2015

HUB Vs SWITCH



What HUB and Switch ?
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Difference Between HUB and Switch.
HUB
Switch
An electronic device that connects many network device together so that devices can exchange data
A network switch is a computer networking device that is used to connect many devices together on a computer network. A switch is considered more advanced than a hub because a switch will on send message to device that needs or request it
HUB works in Physical layer.
Switch works in Data Link Layer.
They are classified as Layer 1 devices as per the OSI model.
Network switches operate at Layer 2 of the OSI model.
HUB generally have 4 to 12 ports
Switch is multi port Bridge. They generally starts with 4 port and may have up to 33 or more.
Data Transmission is done in bits
Whereas in switches it happens in forms of  Frames (Layer 2 Switch) Frame & Packet (Layer 3 switch)
Collisions occur commonly in setups using hubs.
No collisions occur in a full-duplex switch.
A network hub cannot store MAC address.
A network switch stores MAC addresses information.
Half duplex
Full duplex
Hub has one Broadcast Domain.
Switch has one broadcast domain [unless VLAN implemented]
It cannot be used for huge network
It can be used for huge network
Hubs are cheaper then switches.
Switches are expensive than HUBS.
Not Secure
Secure as compared to HUB

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