What is Hub in Networking?
A Hub is a networking device that allows you to connect multiple computing devices to a single network. It also acts as a multi-port repeater to amplify signals that deteriorate after travelling through a series of connecting cables. A hub has many ports to connect multiple wires from different branches. It can be used for both digital and analog data to broadcast messages primarily.
Hubs are passive physical devices that do not have any software associated with them. They are not intelligent devices and do not perform any message filtering. Hubs are mainly used in home networks or small organisations for network monitoring and connectivity.
There are two types of hubs – Active Hub and Passive Hub.
