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A hub is a layer 1 (physical) device because it does not use any part of the packet header to direct the packet to the right destination, it just broadcasts to all connected computers.
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What kind of device is a hub considered to be?
Physical layer
Which layer 1 device can be used to enlarge the area covered by single LAN segment?
hub is the device that is used to extend the lan segment and used at layer1 that is physical layer.
Which Layer 1 devices can be used to enlarge the area covered by a single LAN segment?
hub is the device that is used to extend the lan segment and used at layer1 that is physical layer.
What is the physical layer of the OSI model designed to do?
hub work at physical layer of osi model
What is the difference of a hub and a switch?
1)Hub is a layer 1(physical layer)device whereas switch is a layer 2(datalink) device. 2)Hub sends data to all ports unnecessarily.so in this way it shared bandwidth whereas switch sends data to exact that port which required it after learning destination MAC address.so here is a dedicate bandwidth. NAME-Sarfaraz mohammed LOCATION-central
Which resides at the Physical layer of the OSI model?
Hub
Which are layer 1 switches?
There are no layer 1 switches; switches run at layer 2 or 3. A hub is a layer 1 device.
Hub work on which layer in osi?
TheHub work on layer 1 i.e. Physical layer of OSI Model
Which device should be included in the network topology to provide Layer 2?
hub
What is a logical bus implemented as a physical star device is called?
hub
What device is used to create a physical star topology?
Switch
Differences between hub and web?
A hub is a layer 1 network device (hardware), and the 'web' is a software concept implemented by different protocols and multiple devices.
