Router Switch hub bridge

To connect a Allow connection

Directs data in a network of personal multiple devices and

network. Passes data Allow connections to
computers together, also used to divide
between home multiple devices,
they can be joined a large network into
computers, and manage ports,

between computers manage VLAN security

through a central smaller segments

Function and the modem. settings hub.

Data Frame (L2 Switch) Electrical signal or
Transmission Frame & Packet (L3
bits
Form Packet switch)

Used LAN, MAN, WAN LAN LAN LAN

Transmission Half duplex Half/Full Duplex
Mode Full duplex Half/Full duplex

Switch has one Hub has one Bridge has one

In Router, every port broadcast domain
Broadcast Domain. broadcast domain.
Broadcast has its own Broadcast [unless VLAN

Domain domain. implemented]

1-100 Mbps (Wireless); 10Mbps 10/100Mbps

100 Mbps – 1 Gbps

Speed (Wired) 10/100 Mbps, 1 Gbps

Address Uses MAC address

used for data

transmission IP Address MAC address

Connecting two or

more nodes in the

Connecting two or same network (L2) or

Used for more networks different network (L3)

In a different network In a LAN environment,

environment (MAN/ an L3 switch is faster

WAN), a router is faster than a router (built-in

Faster than an L3 switch. switching hardware)

Priority rt range On/Off

Firewall VPN Dynamic setting of port VLAN

Features hadling of Bandwidth Port mirroring