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Networking Devices

The document discusses different types of network devices including hubs, switches, gateways, bridges, routers, and repeaters. A hub connects network segments and copies packets to all ports. A switch receives and forwards data packets to destination devices. A gateway connects two networks that use different protocols. A bridge creates a single network from multiple segments. A router forwards packets between computer networks. A repeater regenerates or replicates signals.

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Networking Devices

The document discusses different types of network devices including hubs, switches, gateways, bridges, routers, and repeaters. A hub connects network segments and copies packets to all ports. A switch receives and forwards data packets to destination devices. A gateway connects two networks that use different protocols. A bridge creates a single network from multiple segments. A router forwards packets between computer networks. A repeater regenerates or replicates signals.

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Network devices are components used

to connect computers or other


electronic devices together so that they
can share files or resources like printers or
fax machines.
HUB

SWITCH

GATEWAY

BRIDGE

ROUTER

REPEATE

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A hub is a common connection point
for devices in a network. Hubs are
commonly used to connect segments of a
LAN.
A hub contains multiple ports. When a
packet arrives at one port, it is copied to
the other ports so that all segments of
the LAN can see all packets.
A network switch (also called switching hub,
bridging hub, officially MAC bridge) is a
computer networking device that connects
devices together on a computer network by
using packet switching to receive, process,
and forward data to the destination device.
A network gateway is an internetworking
system capable of joining together two
networks that use different base protocols. A
network gateway can be implemented
completely in software, completely in
hardware, or as a combination of both.
Depending on the types of protocols they
support, network gateways can operate at any
level of the OSI model.
A network bridge is a
computer networking device
that creates a single aggregate
network from multiple
communication networks or
network segments. This
function is called network
bridging.
A router is a networking device that
forwards data packets between
computernetworks.
Routers perform the traffic directing functions
on the Internet. A data packet is typically
forwarded from one router to another router
through the networks that constitute the
internetwork until it reaches its destination
node.
A network device used to
regenerate or replicate a signal.
Repeaters are used in
transmission systems to
regenerate analog or digital
signals distorted by
transmission loss.

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