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SIGNALING COMPONENTS
– Each network node primarily performs two tasks which are either to
transmit or to receive data where the received data may also be
required to be forwarded to other networking nodes.
– Therefore these nodes constitute a group of signaling components and
may comprise standalone devices such as repeaters, switches, couplers
or routers.
PHYSICAL MEDIUM
• the physical medium consists of the cables and other hardware used to carry
the optical Ethernet signals between networking nodes.
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