Hub vs. Switch
The main difference between hub and switch is that in hub the more users will results in the less average bandwidth per user as each user shares from the same bandwidth while in switches although there are more users but each user has his own dedicated bandwidth, so all users still maintains a high transfer rate.
Key Differences
In hub, Data transmission is performed via electrical signal or bits. In switch, data transmission form via frame (L2 switch) frame and packet (L3 switch).
Aimie Carlson
Jul 02, 2015
Hubs always perform frame flooding; may be unicast, multicast or broadcast while switch first broadcast; then unicast and multi cast as needed.
Aimie Carlson
Jul 02, 2015
Hub is a passive device (without software) while switch is an active device (with software) & networking device.
Hub are network devices that operate on physical layer-1 to connect network devices for communication while switches are forward data at the data link layer (layer 2) of OSI model.
Hub has 4/12 ports while switch is multi-port bridge that has 24/48 ports.
Sun Systems, Oracle and Cisco are the manufacturers of hub while Cisco and D-link Juniper are manufacturers of switch.
Janet White
Jul 02, 2015
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Hub cannot learn or store MAC address while switch stores MAC addresses in a lookup table.
Harlon Moss
Jul 02, 2015
In hub, the more users will results in the less average bandwidth per user as each user shares from the same bandwidth while in switches although there are more users but each user has his own dedicated bandwidth, so all users still maintains a high transfer rate.
Hub and Switch Definitions
Hub
Boston, Massachusetts. Used with the.
Switch
An exchange or a swap, especially one done secretly.
Hub
The center part of a wheel, fan, or propeller.
Switch
A transference or shift, as of opinion or attention.
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Hub
A center of activity or interest; a focal point
Hollywood is the hub of the US movie industry.
Switch
A device used to break or open an electric circuit or to divert current from one conductor to another.
Hub
The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
Switch
A device consisting of two sections of railroad track and accompanying apparatus used to transfer rolling stock from one track to another.
Hub
A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
Hong Kong International Airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.
Switch
A slender flexible rod, stick, or twig, especially one used for whipping.
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Hub
A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.
Switch
The bushy tip of the tail of certain animals
A cow's switch.
Hub
(networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
Switch
A thick strand of real or synthetic hair used as part of a coiffure.
Hub
(surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
Switch
A flailing or lashing, as with a slender rod
Gave the ox a switch.
Hub
A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
Switch
To exchange
Asked her brother to switch seats with her.
Hub
(US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
A hub in the road
Switch
To shift, transfer, or divert
Switched the conversation to a lighter subject.
Hub
(video games) An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.
Switch
To connect, disconnect, or divert (an electric current) by operating a switch.
Hub
A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
Switch
To cause (an electric current or appliance) to begin or cease operation
Switched the lights on and off.
Hub
A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
Switch
(Informal) To produce as if by operating a control. Often used with on
Switched on the charm.
Hub
A screw hob.
Switch
To move (rolling stock) from one track to another; shunt.
Hub
A block for scotching a wheel.
Switch
To whip with a switch, especially in punishing a child.
Hub
The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.
Switch
To jerk or swish abruptly or sharply
A cat switching its tail.
Hub
The hilt of a weapon.
Switch
To make or undergo a shift or an exchange
The office has switched to shorter summer hours.
Hub
A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.
Switch
To swish sharply from side to side.
Hub
A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.
Switch
A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
Hub
A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
Switch
A change or exchange.
Hub
A screw hob. See Hob, 3.
Switch
A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
Hub
A block for scotching a wheel.
Switch
A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
Hub
The central location within which activities tend to concentrate, or from which activities radiate outward; a focus of activity.
Switch
(musical instruments) rute.
Hub
A large airport used as a central transfer station for an airline, permitting economic air transportation between remote locations by directing travellers through the hub, often changing planes at the hub, and thus keeping the seat occupancy rate on the airplanes high. The hub together with the feeder lines from remote locations constitute the so-called hub and spoke system of commercial air passenger transportation. A commercial airline may have more than one such hub.
Switch
(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.
Hub
The city of Boston, Massachusetts referred to locally by the nickname The Hub.
Switch
A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
Hub
The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
Switch
A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
Hub
A center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve;
The playground is the hub of parental supervision
The airport is the economic hub of the area
Switch
(telecommunication) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
Switch
(genetics) A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
Switch
(BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
Switch
(historical) A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
Switch
(card games) A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
Switch
(transitive) To exchange.
I want to switch this red dress for a green one.
Switch
(transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
Switch the light on.
Switch
To whip or hit with a switch.
Switch
(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
I want to switch to a different seat.
Switch
To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
Switch
To swing or whisk.
To switch a cane
Switch
To be swung or whisked.
The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.
Switch
To trim.
Switch
To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
To switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another
Switch
(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
Switch
(snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.
Switch
Pertaining to skiing backwards.
Switch
A small, flexible twig or rod.
Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with something like a thread; in her other hand she holds a switch.
Switch
A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.
Switch
A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.
Switch
A device for shifting an electric current to another circuit, or for making and breaking a circuit.
Switch
To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
Switch
To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
Switch
To trim, as, a hedge.
Switch
To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; - generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.
Switch
To shift to another circuit.
Switch
To walk with a jerk.
Switch
Control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
Switch
An event in which one thing is substituted for another;
The replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
Switch
Hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
Switch
Railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
Switch
A flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
Switch
A basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
Switch
The act of changing one thing or position for another;
His switch on abortion cost him the election
Switch
Change over, change around, or switch over
Switch
Exchange or give (something) in exchange for
Switch
Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another;
Switch to a different brand of beer
She switched psychiatrists
The car changed lanes
Switch
Make a shift in or exchange of;
First Joe led; then we switched
Switch
Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;
Switch on the light
Throw the lever
Switch
Flog with or as if with a flexible rod
Switch
Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
What is Hub?
Hub, Ethernet hub, repeater hub, or simply hub is a networking device that is used for connecting multiple Ethernet devices and treating them work as a single network segment. It contains various input/output (I/O) ports, in which a signal introduced at one input and reaming are used as an output. It works at the physical layer (layer 1) of the OSI model (Open Systems Interconnection model). Repeater hubs are also used in networking to forward a jam signal to all ports if it detects a collision. In addition to standard 8P8C ports (8 position 8 contact), some hubs may also come with a BNC connector (bayonet Neil-Concelman) and/or Attachment Unit Interface (AUI) connector to allow connection to legacy 10BASE2 (cheapernet, or thinwire) or 10BASE5 (thick ethernet or thicknet) network segments.
What is Switch?
A switch, network switch, switching hub, or MAC bridge is a computer networking device that is used to connect devices together on a computer network, with the usage of packet switching to receive, process and forward data to the attached devices. It is more advanced than simple network hubs as it forwards data only to one or multiple connected devices that are required to receive it, rather than broadcasting the same data out of each of its ports. Simply we can say that in switch there are more users but each has his own dedicated bandwidth, so all users still maintains a high transfer rate. A switch is a multiport network bridge that uses hardware addresses to process and forward data at the data link layer (layer 2) of OSI model (Open Systems Interconnection model).
