Hello Everyone,
I am going through a networking book and came across the differences between a hub and a switch. I had a theoretical question for anyone who could answer.
It’s my understanding that the main differences between a Hub and a Switch are that a Hub broadcast information to all of its ports versus a Switch, which looks for the specific MAC address to where to send the information.
With that in mind, if you are playing a multiplayer game such as Quake/Doom, will the game run faster on a Hub versus a switch? The rationale being that each player connected to the hub must have the information. It would make sense that simply broadcasting the information to everyone on the hub would be faster than first searching for which port to send it to, then realizing that everyone needs it, and sending it to everyone.
Any guesses would be greatly appreciated! This is purely out of curiosity and for speculation.
Thanks in advance!
Nate