A basic explanation is that a hub causes a lot more network traffic since it
broadcasts every packet out every port.  A switch keeps a table listing what
MAC addresses are connected to each port and will send a packet only out the
port that the destination is attached to.

Less network traffic = better network response times.  That or they went
from a 100Mb switch to a 10Mb hub :-)

Regards,
Darryl

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Phillips [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 2:38 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Hub versus Switch (Was: Reflection transfer VERY slow...)


Art Bahrs <[log in to unmask]> writes (with no hehe):

> found that the 3k's had been moved from a switch to a hub... and that was
> causing the slowdown!

Okay, I'll ask the question:  What is it about a switch that causes it to
transfer data faster than a hub?


Jim Phillips                           Information Systems Manager
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Phone: 330-527-2124                         P. O. Box 285
Fax:   330-527-2123                           10513 Freedom Street
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