Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Network Devices: ECEN 3224: Lab Module 2
Network Devices: ECEN 3224: Lab Module 2
Network Devices: ECEN 3224: Lab Module 2
NETWORK DEVICES
Mc Winley Gallemit, ECE
Repeater
Wi-Fi Modes
Adhoc mode – wireless clients connects directly with each
other without an access point
Infrastructure mode – wireless clients attach wirelessly to
an access point which is connected to a switch so that
clients will have access to the LAN and WAN
Basic Service Set (BSS) – when a single access point is in the
network
Extended Service Set (ESS) – when multiple access points are
connected in the network
Wireless Security
Advantages
Bridges can extend a network by acting as a repeater
Bridges can reduce network traffic on a segment by
subdividing network communications
Bridges increase the available bandwidth to individual
nodes
Bridges reduce collisions
Some bridges connect networks using different media
types and architectures
Advantages and Disadvantages of Bridges
Disadvantages
Because bridges do more than repeaters by viewing MAC
addresses, the extra processing makes them slower than
repeaters and hubs
Bridges forward broadcast frames indiscriminately, so they
do not filter broadcast traffic
Bridges are more expensive than repeaters and hubs
Switches
Advantages
Routers can connect different network architectures
Routers can choose the best path across an internetwork
using dynamic routing techniques
Routers reduce network traffic by creating broadcast
domains
Advantage and Disadvantages of Routers
Disadvantages
Routers work only with routable network protocols
Routers are more expensive than other devices
Dynamic router communications cause additional network
overhead, which results in less bandwidth for user data
Routers are slower than other devices because they must
analyze a data transmission from a Physical through the
Network layer whereas bridges and switches only read two
layers of information
Brouters
Ethernet Operations
CSMA/CD
Fast Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet
Half- and Full-duplex Communications
CSMA/CD