To start the hub receives data packet from a sending computer and it sends out to all the computers except the senders on the network. This can cause a collision on the network if more than one piece of data packet is sent across the wire. CSMA/CD helps with the collisions by using a system where before data packet is sent, it can inspect the wire for data packet, and if there is data packet on the wire it sets a random timer and investigates again to find out if it is able to send the data packet. Now for this being the way the hub works all the computers share the bandwidth and when data packet is sent …show more content…
This is beneficial for the network and the switch since the switch has memory and can handle additional than one piece of data packet. The data packet packets are read by the switch and sends the data packet only to the MAC address that the data packet is filled out for that MAC. That saves the bandwidth by not using all the wire sending un-needed data packet across.
This complete essay explained the restrictions of the hub. The main limitation of the hub is the collisions that can be caused from the un-intelligence of the hub. CSMA/CD can help against the majority of collisions but not always will it stop a collision from happening. Next, the essay talked about how a switch could help fix those problems that the hub caused. One way the switch helped with a hub problem is that all the ports on a switch have their own bandwidth and more than one piece of data packet can be sent down the