Chapter 16

Network
Devices

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 16.1 Connecting Devices

Repeaters

Hubs

Bridges

Two-Layer Switches

Three-Layer Switches or Routers

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 Figure 16.1 Connecting devices

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 Figure 16.2 Repeater

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 Note:

A repeater connects segments of a

LAN.

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 Note:

A repeater forwards every frame; it

has no filtering capability.

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 Note:

A repeater is a regenerator,
not an amplifier.

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 Figure 16.3 Function of a repeater

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 Figure 16.4 Hubs

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 Note:

A bridge has a table used in filtering

decisions.

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 Figure 16.5 Bridge

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 Note:

A bridge does not change the physical

(MAC) addresses in a frame.

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 Figure 16.6 Learning bridge

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 Switches

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 19.3 Routing

Routing Techniques

Static Versus Dynamic Routing

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 Figure 19.28 Next-hop routing

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 Figure 19.29 Network-specific routing

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 Figure 19.30 Host-specific routing

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 Figure 19.31 Default routing

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