So what are hubs, switches and routers?
Its coming in the exam and my teacher never explained it. Just gave us notes.
Hubs broadcast all data packets on the network to every other device on the network whereas, Switches are capable of inspecting data packets as they are received, determining the source and destination device of that packet, and forwarding it appropriately, by delivering each message only to the connected device it was intended for.
Hubs can cause lot of traffic on the network and can lead to poor network response times whereas, a Switch knows exactly which port to send the data to.
A Switch generally contains more "intelligence" and a slightly higher price tag than a Hub.
It's for these reasons why a Switch is considered to be a much better choice than a Hub.
This is very imp. to study as it has got differences between hubs and switches !!!!!!!!!