Difference between ROUTER and SWITCH/HUB?

[abacus]

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pls help me enlighten the difference of these two seemingly the same purpose.. unsa man jud diperensya nila bro?

[mannypacquiao08]

murag karaan na ang term ang HUB. Ang hub pwede ra na office networking. Ang Router pwede internet ug networking.

[usrolla]

maybe this would help:

Router: A device that determines the next network point to which a data packet should be forwarded enroute toward its destination. The router is connected to at least two networks and determines which way to send each data packet based on its current understanding of the state of the networks it is connected to. Routers create or maintain a table of the available routes and use this information to determine the best route for a given data packet.

Switch: A device that improves network performance by segmenting the network and reducing competition for bandwidth. When a switch port receives data packets, it forwards those packets only to the appropriate port for the intended recipient. This further reduces competition for bandwidth between the clients, servers or workgroups connected to each switch port.

Hub: A multi-port device that enables more than one network computer or device to be connected to a home or business network.

Uses:

Routers: Allow you to share a single IP address among multiple network clients. Isolate each LAN into a separate subnet for large networks to have more than 254 clients.

Switches: Switches can be used in heavily loaded networks to isolate data flow and improve performance.

Hubs: Like a switch but traffic flows to all ports instead of just the one that has requested the information. Can be used to regenerate or replicate a signal.

[eryqmb]

@abacus

You cannot interchange the word Switch/Hub - since they have different characteristics and functions.

Hubs are basically repeaters with multiple physical ports. It simply regenerates the electrical signal that comes in one port and sends the same signal out to every other port.

[istoryanimo]

indeed... lahi ra gyud na.

[vern]

Wikipedia

[etgo]

adto kag pc store, ang namaligya mag libog gani..

[ramniv]

wla mansad gud na kabalo ang uban salesperson. research sa gyud ta before palit.

[bordline]

indeed... lahi ra gyud na.

mao...hehe
bitaw ang router kai pwede mka connect sa internet then ang hub kai dako na siya ug porma then mas hinay sad siya mu transfer ug data compared sa switch.