Comments on: what is the difference between hub and router and why is it necessary to utilize a hub when creating a network http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-is-the-difference-between-hub-and-router-and-why-is-it-necessary-to-utilize-a-hub-when-creating-a-network/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:04:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: patrickscott12 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-is-the-difference-between-hub-and-router-and-why-is-it-necessary-to-utilize-a-hub-when-creating-a-network/#comment-106574 patrickscott12 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:04:01 +0000 #comment-106574 Router – is at layer 3 on a OSI model and is a like a intelligent bridge to different networks, it connect two or more different network and ensure to provide the best and possible shortest route for the data to reach its destination.

switch – is at layer 2 on the OSI model is responsible to foward traffic to its intended destination by knowing the MAC address of the two communicating devices.

]]> By: buddyfarr http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-is-the-difference-between-hub-and-router-and-why-is-it-necessary-to-utilize-a-hub-when-creating-a-network/#comment-51676 buddyfarr Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:25:49 +0000 #comment-51676 a more in depth difference between a hub and a switch is that a hub is like a repeater. if, for example, you have an 8 port hub and the pc on port 1 wants to send information to the pc on port 8 the information gets broadcasted to all ports on the hub. on a switch, once pc 1 knows that pc 2 is on port 8 all traffic will be contained between the two ports, port 1 and port 8. thus cutting down on all the broadcast traffic that can cause collisions and slow down the network.

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