Are switches used in LANs?

Switches typically connect LAN segments, so hubs attach to them. Switches filter out traffic destined for devices on the same LAN segment. Because of this intelligence, switches make more efficient use of their own processing resources as well as network bandwidth.

What’s the difference between a network switch and hub?

Hub and Switch are both network connecting devices. Hub works at physical layer and is responsible to transmit the signal to port to respond where the signal was received whereas Switch enable connection setting and terminating based on need.

How do switches work in a network?

A network switch forwards data packets between devices. Switches send packets directly to devices, rather than sending them to networks like a router does.

Can I have 2 networks on the same switch?

Switches can carry as many subnets as you want them to because they don’t know, or care, about IP routing. It’s actually fairly common in small setups to have a router (“gateway”) with multiple IP addresses, one per subnet, on a single Ethernet port.

What is the difference between switch and bridge?

A Bridge is a device that connects two LANs and controls data flow between them. A Switch is a networking device that learns which machine is connected to its port by using the device’s IP Address.

DO network switches have IP addresses?

Short answer: a switch does not have an IP address unless it is the management IP address (which is used to manage the switch, it has no other purpose in what concerns the traffic managed by the switch).

Can a switch be used to connect two lans with different network IDS?

So the answer is still “no”, but the reason is a bit more subtle. Switches can carry as many subnets as you want them to because they don’t know, or care, about IP routing. It’s actually fairly common in small setups to have a router (“gateway”) with multiple IP addresses, one per subnet, on a single Ethernet port.