WHAT IS A HUB : A hub is the most basic networking device that connects multiple computers or other network devices together. Unlike a network switch or router, a network hub has no routing tables or intelligence on where to send information and broadcasts all network data across each connection.
Advantages of Hub •
• It requires less settings & is easy to use
• It can broadcast to multiple devices simultaneously.
• It is used for connect the multiple devices
Hub is less expensive product.
• Typically, a network hub is used for a private network, one that does not have any connections to sources other than local computers (meaning, no Internet access).
Disadvantages of Hub
• A hub has minimum 4 ports and cannot accommodate for big Networks
• If 10 Ports in a hub it will share bandwidth of 100 MbPs, So each port share 10 Mbps.
• It runs half duplex.
• It will broadcast to all the ports.
• When a hub receives a Packet of data from a connected device, it broadcast that data packet to all other connected devices regardless of which one ends up being the final destination
HUB • A network hub is designed to connect computers to each other with no real understanding of what it is transferring.
