Different Between Switch & Router & Hub .

Different Between Switch & Router & Hub .

Switch	Router
1) Switch is layer - 2 & layer - 3 device.	1) Router always Layer - 3 device.
2) Switch Work with MAC address (layer -3 switch work with IP).	2) Router always work with IP.
3) Switch has many collision domain.	3) Router always broadcast domain.
4) Switch has many port.	4) Router defaultly has two port ethernet & serial named as CO & SO.
5) Switch make the MAC table.	5) Router doesn’t make MAC table.
6) Switch has ASCII Code.	6) Router has only IOS.

Hub	Switch
1) Hub is half Duplex Device	1) Switch is full Duplex Device
2) Hub always broadcast.	2) Switch do first time Broadcast next time Unicast.
3) Hub is layer - 2 device.	3) Switch is layer - 2 & layer - 3 device.
4) Hub doesn’t make MAC table.	4) Switch is make MAC table.
5) Hub has two type :     (i) Active     (ii) Passive	5) Switch has three types :    (i) Cut Through    (ii) Store & Forward    (iii) Fragment Free