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Network Devices: by Scott Burden & Linnea Wong
Network Devices: by Scott Burden & Linnea Wong
Disadvantages
• Bandwidth is shared by all hosts i.e. 10Mbs shared by 25 ports/users.
• Can create bottlenecks when used with switches.
• Have no layer 3 switching capability.
• Most Hubs are unable to utilise VLANS.
Switches
• A switch is a multi-port bridge.
• It operates at OSI data link layer 2.
• It stores MAC addresses in an
internal lookup table.
• Temporary switched paths are
created between the frame’s source
destination.
• Some Switches have limited layer 3
IP routing capabilities.
• Switches can be configured to use
VLANS.
• Switches support spanning tree
protocol to create resilient networks.
Example Topology
UTP
10Mbs
Hub
Fibre
100Mbs
Switch
Transceiver Modules
Co-axial
Routers
• Routers are OSI network layer 3
devices
• Using interface modules can connect
different layer 2 technologies e.g.
Ethernet, FDDI, token ring etc…
• Routers have the capability to
interconnect network segments or
entire networks (WANS/MANS).
• These devices examine incoming
packets to determine the destination
address of the data. It then examines
its internal routing table to choose the
best path for the packet through the
network, and switches them to the
proper outgoing port.
Example Router Topology
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