CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide (Exam 640-802), 3rd Edition

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Bridges and Switches

CERTIFICATION OBJECTIVES

4.01 Problems and Limitations of Ethernet

4.02 Solutions to Collision Problems

4.03 Bridges versus Switches

4.04 Switching Functions

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This chapter provides an introduction to bridges and switches. Bridges and switches are both layer 2 devices, functioning at the data link layer of the OSI Reference Model. Even though they are both layer 2 devices and have many similarities between them, bridges and switches also have many differences. ...

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