Difference between Hub and Switch

 

HUB:

1. Hub is a network device

2. Hub is a Physical Layer device.

3. Hub is a multiport device.

4. Signal travel in the form of bits in Hub.

5. Hub support electric signal

6. Hub is a half duplex device

7. Hub is an unintelligent device

8. Hub does not learn or store MAC address

9. Collision occurs commonly in Hub

10. Hub support only single collision dimension

11. Hub does not support Advanced features like VLAN, STP, RSTP etc.

Switch:

1. Switch is a networking device.

2. Switch is a data link layer device.

3. Switch works in LAN (Local Area Network)

4. Switch works in same network.

5. Switch is an intra-network device

6. Switch use MAC (Media Access Control) address

7. Switch is an intelligent device

8. Data use as a frame format in switch.

9. Switch  use CAM (Content Accessable Memory) table

10. Switch usally used in 8/16/24/48 ports

11. Switch is a multiport device.

12. Switch is a full duplex device

13. No collision occurs in switch.

14. In switch every port has its collision table.

15. Switch support advanced features like VLAN, STP, RSTP etc.

16. Switch is faster than router.

17. Switch support 10 Mbps to 1 Gbps speed.