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01 eLMS Activity 1 Network Technology

The document compares and contrasts different types of network devices: switches, hubs, modems, access points, and routers. Switches intelligently direct data to specific ports, unlike hubs which broadcast data to all ports. Modems convert digital signals to audio signals to transmit over phone or leased lines. Access points bridge wired networks to wireless networks. Routers operate at the network layer to send traffic between different IP addresses, unlike switches which operate at the data link layer.

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01 eLMS Activity 1 Network Technology

The document compares and contrasts different types of network devices: switches, hubs, modems, access points, and routers. Switches intelligently direct data to specific ports, unlike hubs which broadcast data to all ports. Modems convert digital signals to audio signals to transmit over phone or leased lines. Access points bridge wired networks to wireless networks. Routers operate at the network layer to send traffic between different IP addresses, unlike switches which operate at the data link layer.

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01 eLMS Activity 1 – ARG

Instructions
Compare and contrast the different types of network device.

SWITCH:

These days, one can get connected to the internet with the help of a port-switch is an effective
bridge. All those decisions which are related to the movement of the data inside of these switches
are taken by the hardware. So, it is fast when it comes to the operations. Switches work like the
OSI layer 2. They are so intelligent, and they know very well that where they are second the data. If
the hub is recalled, when the traffic goes in the one port, then it is sent to all the other ports which
are there in the hub. But that mechanism is not followed in the switch. Here when the traffic is
received by the switch, it only examines it and then sends the traffic out to some destination ports
which are associated with the traffic.

HUB:

 It was one of the simplest and the easier way to connect everyone at some single centralized point
over the internet. The twisted paired cables and the star-based topologies were used, hence the
connection to the centralized device was ensured. But the disadvantage of the hub is that if more
and more people get connected to it, then the performance of the networks starts declining every
day for everyone who is connected there. Hence like the modern switches provide, there was no
separation of the communication there for those who used this technology.

MODEM:
This one is used in the organizations and the offices very
often and almost everyone, one can find the modem. It is the short
form of the modular. It is a process through which the digital
signals of one's network are sent through using some audio
across the type of a connection. Sometimes, that can be phone
lines and sometimes that can be a leased line taken from the
network provider. But the modem must be there are both sides so
that it can work. It is normal to see one using the standard and
fine phone lines.
Access Point:
It is the access point or a WAP. This one is
different than that wireless router that might be present
in the home or an office environment. It looks the
same, but they are very different, and this router has
nothing to do with the other router. It performs simple.
It bridges up the network that has been previously
wired into the network which is not wired.

Router:
The router is basically a device which is used
while sending the traffic among different IPs. These
routers operate at the OS layer 3. Also, that's the
reason why sometimes they are referred as the OS
layer 3 switches. But that is surely a bit misnomer. The
reason is that the switches operate at the layer 2 while
this router operates at the layer 3. Routers are
normally pretty good when it comes to the connecting
various devices. Using the router can enable someone
to connect the LAN to a WAN, and even with the fiber
cased network.

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