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CHAPTER 21

Networking and
Internetworking
Devices

21.1 REVIEW QUESTIONS


1. An amplifier amplifies the signal, as well as noise that may come with the signal,
whereas a repeater regenerates the signal, creating its copy bit for bit at the original
strength.
3.
a. The repeater operates in the physical layer.
b. The bridge operates in the physical and data link layers.
c. The router operates in the physical, data link, and network layers.
d. The gateway operates in all seven layers.
5. Some of the factors that need to be considered in connecting networks are the dis-
tances between them, compatibility of protocols, frame format, data packet size,
data rate, and the bit order of addresses in different protocols.
7. A network is two or more devices connected for the purpose of sharing data or
resources.
9. Bridges have access to station addresses and can forward a packet to the appropri-
ate segment of the network. In this way, they filter traffic and help control conges-
tion.
11. In their simplest function routers pass packets from one connected network to
another. If the packet is addressed to a network of which the router is not a mem-
ber, it determines which of its connected networks is the best next point to relay the
packet.
13. In routing shortest means either requiring the smallest number of hops, or the fast-
est, cheapest, most reliable, or secure. Usually it is a combination of all of the qual-
ities that make a specific route more attractive than others for a particular
transmission.
15. Each router that relays a packet subtracts one from its lifetime value and passes it
on. When the value reaches 0 the packet is destroyed.
17. A multiprotocol router can route packets from different protocols.

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19. Switches make the network more efficient by preventing collisions.


21. Knowledge about the whole network, sharing information only with the immediate
neighbors, and sending the information at regular intervals.
23. Knowledge about the neighborhood, sending information to all the routers in the
internetwork, and information sharing only when there is a change.

21.2 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS


25. a 27. c 29. b 31. a 33. b 35. a 37. d 39. a 41. b 43. a
45. b 47. c

21.3 EXERCISES
49. There won't be any problem since no acknowledgment is required for 802.3.
51.
a. Yes
b. Yes
c. Yes
d. Not set
53. Some frames will be discarded.
55. A bridge acts as a station in the Ethernet network. So the collision should be han-
dled normally.
57. See Table 21.1.

Table 21.1 Exercise 57


Destination Hop Count Next Hop
Net2 5 C
Net3 4 E
Net4 3 A
Net6 2 C
Net7 4 C

59. See Figure 21.1.

61. See Figure 21.2.

63. See Figure 21.3.


SECTION 21.3 EXERCISES 77

Figure 21.1 Exercise 59

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Figure 21.2 Exercise 61

Figure 21.3 Exercise 63

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