what is the difference between switch and router??
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Answer / md khurshidanwar
Differece between switch and Router is:-
1.Switch are layer 2 and 3 device but switch layer 3 device
does not support as router does,NATing and WIC configure is
not possible.This switch Layer 3 device help for inter VLAN
routing only.example-7600 switch is layer 3 device..
Router is L3 device.
2. Switch works on frame (MAC-Media Access Control).....
Router Works on Packet(IP-Internet Protocol)......
3. Switch segment collision domain(C.D)...
Router segment Broadcast Domain (B.D)...
4. Switch perform switching...
Router perform routing and switching....
5.Switch works on hardware asics(special chip call asics-
Application specific integrated circuit)...
Router works on software....
6. Switch used in LAN(Local Area Network)in small
organisation....
Router are used in WAN(Wide Area Network).....
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Answer / kesaba sahu
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Definition: Routers are physical devices that join multiple
wired or wireless networks together. Technically, a wired
or wireless router is a Layer 3 gateway, meaning that the
wired/wireless router connects networks (as gateways do),
and that the router operates at the network layer of the
OSI model.
Home networkers often use an Internet Protocol (IP) wired
or wireless router, IP being the most common OSI network
layer protocol. An IP router such as a DSL or cable modem
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Answer / karthik.l
Switch Router
1. Switch are basically layer2(Datalink Layer) device 1. Router is known as layer3(Network Layer) device
2. Switch works on Hardware techonology
2. Router works on Software Techonology
3. Switch perform faster than the router 3. Router performs slow compare to switch
4. Switch works with switch table.
4. Router works with routing table.
5. Switch connected between same network
5. Router connected between different network.
6. packet transferred through mac address
6. packet transferred through ip address
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Answer / varun
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Answer / thalvir singh
Router is a layer 3 device.
Switch is a layer 2 device.
2)Router more expensive then switch.
3)Router has its own IP adderess and general switch
has not its own IP adderess.
4)You must configure routing table to make it work.
Switch is usually ready to use.
5)Router is said to be software device.
Switch are said to be hardware device.
6)Router connected between different network.
Switch connected between same network
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Answer / manohar
Difference between router and switch
In those early days when router is router and switch is switch, these two are different in several ways:
• Router understand IP head, and switch deal with MAC address
• Router has its own IP address(es), and switch don’t
• Router has an operating system running inside, and allow administrator to login into the system.
• You (network administrator) must configure routing table to make it works.
• Switch is usually ready to use.
• Router has routing software running inside, including route discovery protocol.
• Routing software know how to deal with different IP packet, such as ICMP and other IP option functionality. Switches don’t.
• Multiple routers can be connected together as a network.
• You can’t directly multiple switches together to form a large network.
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