Hub vs. Switch

Main Difference

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.

Hub vs. Switch — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Hub and Switch

Hub vs. Switch

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 vs. Switch

Hub has 4/12 ports while switch is multi-port bridge that has 24/48 ports.

Hub vs. Switch

Hub is a passive device (without software) while switch is an active device (with software) & networking device.

Hub vs. Switch

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).

Hub vs. Switch

Hubs always perform frame flooding; may be unicast, multicast or broadcast while switch first broadcast; then unicast and multi cast as needed.

Hub vs. Switch

Hub cannot learn or store MAC address while switch stores MAC addresses in a lookup table.

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Hub vs. Switch

Sun Systems, Oracle and Cisco are the manufacturers of hub while Cisco and D-link Juniper are manufacturers of switch.

Hub vs. Switch

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.

Hubnoun

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.

Switchnoun

A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.

Hubnoun

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.

Switchnoun

A change.

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Hubnoun

A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub

Switchnoun

A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point.

Hubnoun

(networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.

Switchnoun

A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.

Hubnoun

(surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.

Switchnoun

(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.

Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.

Hubnoun

A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.

Switchnoun

A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.

Hubnoun

(obsolete) The hilt of a weapon.

Switchnoun

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.

Hubnoun

(US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.

a hub in the road

Switchnoun

(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.

Hubnoun

(video games) An area in a video game from which most or all of the game's levels are accessed.

Switchnoun

(BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.

Hubnoun

A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.

Switchverb

(transitive) To exchange.

I want to switch this red dress for a green one.

Hubnoun

A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

Switchverb

(transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.

Switch the light on.

Hubnoun

A screw hob.

Switchverb

(transitive) To whip or hit with a switch.

Hubnoun

A block for scotching a wheel.

Switchverb

(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.

I want to switch to a different seat.

Hubnoun

the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes

Switchverb

To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.

Hubnoun

a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve;

the playground is the hub of parental supervisionthe airport is the economic hub of the area

Switchverb

To swing or whisk.

to switch a cane

Switchverb

To be swung or whisked.

The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.

Switchverb

To trim.

to switch a hedge

Switchverb

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

Switchverb

(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.

Switchadjective

(snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.

Switchadjective

Pertaining to skiing backwards.

Switchnoun

control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

Switchnoun

an event in which one thing is substituted for another;

the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood

Switchnoun

hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

Switchnoun

railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

Switchnoun

a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

Switchnoun

a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

Switchnoun

the act of changing one thing or position for another;

his switch on abortion cost him the election

Switchverb

change over, change around, or switch over

Switchverb

exchange or give (something) in exchange for

Switchverb

lay aside, abandon, or leave for another;

switch to a different brand of beerShe switched psychiatristsThe car changed lanes

Switchverb

make a shift in or exchange of;

First Joe led; then we switched

Switchverb

cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;

switch on the lightthrow the lever

Switchverb

flog with or as if with a flexible rod

Switchverb

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).