Hub is a network device used to connect multiple Ethernet devices uses a twisted pair. Here this article gives information about the advantages and disadvantages of a hub to know more details about it.
Advantages of hub :
- Easy to install
- Very little delay
- It is used for internal connectivity between the system
- Can different media type
- Cheaper
- Hub device does not affect the performance of the network seriously
- It can extend the total distance of the network
Disadvantages of hub :
- It runs half-duplex
- Can not filter information
- It can not connect different type of network architecture such as a token ring and Ethernet extra
- It does not have a mechanism to reduce the network traffic
- Passes packet to all connected segment
- Can not reduce network traffic
- It will broadcast to all the port
- Extend the collision