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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUB, BRIDGE, COMMON NETWORK

ENVIRONMENTS,

SWITCH AND ROUTER CONNECTIVITY AND SECURITY


ISSUES
HUB
❖Hub is known as the most simplest amongst these
device
❖It cannot filter data. Data packets are sent to all
connected devices, and there is no intelligence to
find out the best path for data packet which then
leads to inefficiencies and wastage.
HUB
❖Hubs are used on a small networks where
data transmission is not very high.
SUMMARY
❑A common connection point for
device in a network.
❑Hubs are commonly used to
connect segments of a LAN.
❑A hub contains multiple ports.
❑When a packet arrives at one
port, it is copied to the other ports
so that all segments of the LAN Sample Picture : A Network Hub
can see all packets.
BRIDGE
❖In a telecommunication networks, a bridge is a
product that connects a local area network (LAN) to
another LAN that uses the same protocol.
❖Has a single incoming and outgoing port
❖Filters traffic on the LAN by looking at the Media
Access Control (MAC) address, thus a bridge is
more complex than a hub
BRIDGE
❖A bridge looks at the destination of the packet before
forwarding unlike a hub.
❖It restricts transmission on other LAN segment if the
destination is not found.
❖A bridge works at the data-link (physical network) level
of a network, copying a data frame from one network to
the next network along the communication path.
BRIDGE
SWITCH
❖When compared to bridge, a switch has multiple
ports.
❖Switches can perform error checking before
forwarding data, which are very efficient by not
forwarding packets that error-end out or forwarding
good packets selectively to correct devices only.
SWITCH
❖Switches can support both layer 2 (based on MAC
address) and layer 3 (based on IP address) depending on
the type of switch.
SUMMARY
❑ In networks, a device that filters and
forwards packets between LAN
segments.
❑ Switches operate at the data link
layer (layer 2) and sometimes
the network layer (layer 3) of
the OSI Reference Model and
therefore support any packet
protocol. Sample Picture : Network Switch

❑ LANs that use switches to


join segments are called switched
LANs or, in the case of Ethernet
networks, switched Ethernet LANs.
ROUTER
❖Router forwards packets based on address just like
a switch.
❖Routers usually use the IP address to forward
packets, which allow the network to go across
different protocols.
❖Routers forward packets based on software while a
switch forwards using hardware.
❖Eg: Layer 3 uses a hardware called ASIC (Application
Specific Integrated Circuits)
ROUTER
❖Routers support different Wide Area Network (WAN)
technologies but switches do not.
❖The most common home use for routers is to share a
broadband internet connection.
❖As the router has a public IP address which is shared with
the network, when data comes through the router, it is
forwarded to the correct computer.
SUMMARY
❑ A device that
forwards data packets along networks.
❑ A router is connected to at least two networks,
commonly two LANs or WANs or a LAN and
its ISP.s network.
❑ Routers are located at gateways, the places
where two or more networks connect.
❑ Routers use headers and forwarding tables to
determine the best path for forwarding the Sample Picture : Router
packets, and they use protocols such as ICMP to
communicate with each other and configure the
best route between any two hosts.
DIRECTIONS: IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING WHETHER IT IS HUB ,
BRIDGE, ROUTER OR SWITCH
1. It Cannot filter data. Data packets are sent to all
connected devices, and there is no intelligence to
find out the best path for data packet
2. It works at the data-link (physical network) level of
a network, copying a data frame from one network to
the next network along the communication path.

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DIRECTIONS: IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING WHETHER IT IS HUB ,
BRIDGE, ROUTER OR SWITCH
3.It is a product that connects a local area network (LAN) to
another LAN that uses the same protocol.
4. A multiple port that can perform error checking before
forwarding data, which are very efficient by not forwarding
packets that error-end out or forwarding good packets
selectively to correct devices only.
5. It usually use the IP address to forward packets based
software, which allow the network to go across different
protocols

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