Why Will I Need A Switch Instead of a Hub to Run VoIP On My Network?
Though the hottest new brand of telecommunications, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is packetized and transmitted as data bits, it is still characteristically similar to a traditional phone call most notably in that communication is two-way and both parties must transmit and receive data simultaneously. In a networking terms, this is considered Full Duplex communications and is a requirement to run VoIP over any network. The following two discussions consider the differences between a switch and a hub and point out where a switch reigns supreme in a VoIP setting.
