What's the Difference Between Routers, Switches and Hubs?

Answer Posted / ravi shanker

hub works on physical layer and hub do not break up
broadcast domain and do not break up collision domain.

switch works on DataLink layer and it break up collision
domain but do not break up broadcast domain .

Router works on network layer and router break up both
collision and broadcast domain .

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