ETHERNET HUBS AND THERE TYPES

ETHERNET HUB:

                                                  Following are the features and purpose of ethernet hub in this networking world.

• A network device.
• Connect multiple ethernet devices together.
• A hub works at the physical layer (layer1) of the OSI model.
• The device is a form of multiport repeater.

TYPES OF HUB1:

1. Active Hub.
2. Passive Hub.
3. Intelligent Hub.

1) ACTIVE HUB:

                              A cental connecting device in a network that regenerate signal on the output side to keep the signal strong.

2) PASSIVE HUB:

                              A Passive hub serves simply as conduct for the data, enabling it to go from one device to another.

3) INTELLIGENT HUB:

• Enables administrator to monitor the traffic passing through the hub.
• Enables an admintrator to configure each port in hub.
• Manageable Hub.