Question

James, a technician, finds that a device is sending frames to all the ports instead of the destination ports. He wants that the device should forward data only to the intended destination. Which device will help him to troubleshoot this problem?

Answer 1

Switch

Step-by-step explanation:

In computer networking, few devices has been used to connect different computer over the network. These devices includes: hubs, bridges and switches.

Hub is a networking device that is used to receive a packet (information) from sender and forward this information to all the computers connected over the network.

On the other hand Switch is a networking device, that collect data from sender and Forward this data to the concerned person who is intended to receive data by sender. Switch has MAC address of all computer connected over the network and use MAC address to send the data to concerned person.