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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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