Im getting my hardware muddled and dont know the difference...
2007-03-23 00:58:29 · 4 answers · asked by Dave 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Router by default doesnt forward broadcast pockets .Switches will forward the broadcast ,however you can implement VLAN in switches to prevent from forwarding broadcasts...
Broadcast is nothing but sending a hello /msg to all the receipents irrespective whether they are right to receive or not ....there are something else like Unicast & multicast as along with broadcast ...
if u still anything more buzz me ...
2007-03-23 01:38:13 · answer #1 · answered by sadhana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A switch broadcasts the packets on the network. A router doesnt. A router simply transfers the packets across the different networks.
Hope you got the meaning.
2007-03-23 08:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by Ashish Kuhadia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most routers these days perform as a gateway, router, switch and hardware firewall. Though I still wouldn't tempt fate by not installing a firewall. I recommend Comodo Firewall Pro.
2007-03-23 08:04:42 · answer #3 · answered by Darth Vader 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on the router or switch setup....ports can be routd to diffrent IPs and ip filtering can be enabled to block certain packets or addresses
2007-03-23 08:02:55 · answer #4 · answered by newton3010 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋