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WHAT IS NETWORKING DEVICES? . Internetworking devices is a widely used term for any hardware within a networks that connect different network resources. when two or more separate networks are connected together to share data or resources ,it becomes an internetwork or internet. connecting separate networks into internet requires internetworking devices eITnotes.com
TYPES OF NETWORKING DEVICES • HUB • REPEATER • BRIDGE • ROUTER • GATEWAYS • NETWORK INTERFACE CARD • MODEM • SWITCH • WIRELESS ACCESS POINT eITnotes.com
HUB • Hub is a networking device . • It is also a broadcasting device. • Hub operates at physical layer of OSI Model. • It is just a connector and connects the wires coming from different sides. eITnotes.com
Continue: • In a star topology Ethernet LAN ,a passive hub is just a point where signals coming from different stations collide. Therefore ,Passive hub is a the collision point. • Such a hub is part of the transmission media. • Hub connect computers together in the star network topology. • If a network is connected using Hub then it increases the chance of collisions. eITnotes.com
SWITCH • Switch is a networking device. • Switch operates at Data Link Layer of OSI Model. • Switch is a device used to connect network devices together. • A switch acts as a central connection point for cables from network devices. • Unlike ,hub a switch does not broadcast the message to all the ports, instead it forwards to the intended port. • So it is faster than hub. eITnotes.com
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Comparison between Hub and switch eITnotes.com
GATEWAY • Gateway are the internetworking devices . • It operates at the seven layer of OSI model. • A gateway act as the protocol converter. • It is used to connect to different types of networks,that uses different protocol. • Gateway can perform all functions of Bridges and routers. eITnotes.com
GATEWAY: TCP/IP APPLE TALK GATEWAY eITnotes.com
BRIDGE • A bridge is a networking device . • It operates both at the physical and data link layer of OSI Model. • Bridge can be used to divide a large network into smaller segment. • As a physical layer device ,a bridge regenerate the signal. • As a data link layer device ,a bridge can access eITnotes.com
Continue: • Physical or MAC (Medium access control)address of the stations attached to it. • It can check the destination address of the frame . • A bridge can maintain table of MAC address of various stations. eITnotes.com
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Types of bridges • There are two types of bridges: • 1) Transparent Bridges. • 2)Source Routing Bridges. • A Transparent Bridge is invisible to the network ; the stations in the network are completely are unaware of bridges existence. Transparent Bridges: eITnotes.com
Continue: • In transparent bridge route is decided by the bridges. • The transparent bridge architecture is defined in IEEE 802.1d. • Source routing bridge were designed by IEEE. • In this route is decided by the end station. • Bridges are not transparent to end station. • The source can select an optimum path from a choice of route. SOURCE ROUTING BRIDGE eITnotes.com
REPEATER • A repeater is also known as regenerator. • It is an electronic device that operates only Physical layer of the OSI Model. • Signal can carry the information within a network only for a fixed distance. • After this distance attenuation occur ,and the signal becomes weak and corrupted. eITnotes.com
REPEATER eITnotes.com
Continue: • The purpose of repeater is to take this signal (before it becomes to weak or corrupted)and regenerate the original bit pattern. • Repeater does not understand the frame format and also Physical address. eITnotes.com
COMPARISON BETWEEN BRIDGE AND REPEATER eITnotes.com
NETWORK INTERFACE CARD • Network interface card is a hardware card installed in a computer, so it can communicate on network. • The network adapter provides one or more ports for the network cable to connect and transmit and receive data onto the cable. eITnotes.com
Network card eITnotes.com
ROUTER • Routers are multi port devices. • They operate at physical ,data link ,network layer of OSI Model. • A router may connect LAN and WAN in the internet. • A router has access to the network layer address or logical address(IP address). eITnotes.com
ROUTER: eITnotes.com
Continue: • It contains a routing table that enable it to make decisions about the route. • These routing tables are dynamic are updated Using routing protocols. • Routers act like station on a network. • The router are usually member of more than one network at the same time. eITnotes.com
COMPARISON BETWEEN ROUTER AND BRIDGE eITnotes.com
WIRELESS ACCESS POINTER • A wireless network adapter card with a transceiver called and broadcast and receive signal to and from the surrounding computers and passes back. • Access point act as wireless hub to link multiple wireless NIC into a single subnet. • Access point also have at least one fixed Ethernet port to allow the wireless network to be bridge to a traditional wireless Ethernet network. eITnotes.com
Wireless Access Point eITnotes.com
MODEM • The term “Modem” is derived from the words Modulator and Demodulator. • Modulator converts a digital signal into an analog and demodulator converts an analog into a digital. • The modem at transmitting end converts the digital signal generated by DTE (data terminal Equipment). eITnotes.com
DIAGRAM: B A Analog signal Digital signal Digital signal MODEM Telephone lines MODEM Modulation/demodulation eITnotes.com
MULTIPLEXER • Multiplexing is done by using a device called multiplexer. • That combines n input lines to generate one output line i.e.(many to one). • Therefore ,multiplexer has several input lines and one output. eITnotes.com
DEMULTIPLEXER • At the receiving end, a device called de-multiplexer (DEMUX) is used that signal into its component lines. • It is a reverse of the MUX. • So, DEMUX has one input and several outputs eITnotes.com
Diagram: DEMULTIPLEXER Single communication channel MULTILPEXER Carrying 4 different transmission One input N inputs N inputs One output eITnotes.com
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