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Hardware Equipments Hub

A network hub is a hardware device that connects multiple computers and devices together in a star configuration. It has multiple ports that devices connect to via network cables. Hubs come in active and passive varieties, with active hubs amplifying signals before broadcasting them to all ports, while passive hubs simply broadcast without amplifying. Hubs can also be connected together by daisy chaining them using crossover or uplink ports to expand network coverage beyond a single hub's capacity.

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Hardware Equipments Hub

A network hub is a hardware device that connects multiple computers and devices together in a star configuration. It has multiple ports that devices connect to via network cables. Hubs come in active and passive varieties, with active hubs amplifying signals before broadcasting them to all ports, while passive hubs simply broadcast without amplifying. Hubs can also be connected together by daisy chaining them using crossover or uplink ports to expand network coverage beyond a single hub's capacity.

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HARDWARE EQUIPMENTS

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NETWORK HUB

A hub is an element of hardware for centralizing network traffic coming from


multiple hosts, and to propagate the signal. It is the most commonly used
networking hardware device at the first layer of OSI model (physical layer).
The ports, which are available on the hub, provide connection points for the
devices on the network. Computers and devices are connected to the hub via
network cables to individual ports. It has a certain number of ports (Usually 4,
8, 16 or 32). Its only goal is to recover binary data coming into a port and send
it to all the other ports.

The hub connects several machines together, sometimes arranged in a star


shape, which gives it its name, due to the fact that all communication coming
from the machines on the network passes through it.
Hubs come in many different shapes and sizes and are available in a wide range
of prices. The more ports available on the hub, the more expensive the hub.

Types of hubs:
There are several categories of hubs:

"Active" hubs:
They are connected to an electrical power source and are used to refresh the
signal being sent to the ports. It performs amplification of the signal before
broadcasting it, as does different types of dedicated network device called a
repeater.

"Passive" ports:

They simply send (broadcast) the signal to all the connected hosts, without
amplifying the electronic signal of incoming packets.
Difference between active hub and passive hub is:
An active hub contains a repeater that regenerates the received bit patterns
before sending them out whereas a passive hub provides a simple physical
connection between the attached devices.

Connecting multiple hubs


Hubs are used on networks where twisted-pair cabling is used. The ports, which
are available on the hub, provide connection points for the devices on the
network.
Computers and devices are connected to the hub via network cables to
individual ports. In cases where a LAN outgrows the size of its hub, a new hub
can be attached by daisy-chaining them together, to do this, all that is needed is
to connect the hubs using crossover cable, a kind of cable which links the in/out
ports on one end to those on the other, called daisy chain.

Hubs generally have a special port called an "uplink" for connecting two hubs
together using a patch cable. There are also hubs which can cross or uncross
their ports automatically depending on whether they are connected to a host or a
hub.

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