A network technician is setting up a wired Ethernet network for a new office. To ensure that each connected device operates within its own collision domain and can utilize the full available bandwidth, which device should the technician install?
Router
Access Point
Switch
Hub
A switch is the correct answer because it creates a separate collision domain for each port, allowing each connected device to operate without collisions with devices on other ports and use the full available bandwidth. A hub, by contrast, places all connected devices into a single collision domain, forcing them to share bandwidth and leading to performance degradation from frequent collisions. A router operates at Layer 3 to separate broadcast domains and route traffic between different networks, which is a different function than managing collision domains within a single LAN segment. An access point is used for wireless connectivity and creates a shared collision domain for all wireless clients connected to it, using collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) instead of eliminating collisions in the way a switch does for wired devices.
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