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How Hub and Switch are functionally different from each other and why hub is known as layer 1 repeater ?

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How Hub and Switch are functionally different from each other and why hub is known as layer 1 repeater ?
posted Apr 18, 2017 by Ganesh

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Switch has more intellegent than hub, even high end switch like Cisco Nexus can work like High end router.

Hub is more like repeater because it's just to connect between the cabling, no intellegent at all.

answer May 11, 2017 by Hana Pamora
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