Difference between Hub Switch Router & Firewall

 Hub

Hubs are used to connect multiple devices in a network. They’re less likely to be seen in business or corporate networks than in home networks. Hubs are wired devices and are not as smart as switches or routers.

Switches

Switches are wired devices that know the addresses of the devices connected to them and route traffic to that port/device rather than retransmitting to all devices.
Offering greater efficiency for traffic delivery and improving the overall throughput of data, switches are smarter than hubs but not as smart as routers

Router

Routers are used to control traffic flow on networks and are often used to connect similar networks and control traffic flow between them. Routers can be wired or wireless and can connect multiple switches. Smarter than hubs and switches, routers determine the most efficient “route” for the traffic to flow across the network.

Firewalls

Firewalls are essential tools in managing and controlling network traffic and protecting the network. A firewall is a network device used to filter traffic. It is typically deployed between a private network and the internet, but it can also be deployed between departments (segmented networks) within an organization (overall network). Firewalls filter traffic based on a defined set of rules, also called filters or access control lists.