January 2021
Beginner
565 pages
19h 27m
English
Content preview from Fundamentals of Communications and Networking, 3rd Edition
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Network Devices and Where to Position Them
There are many kinds of network devices and peripherals. As long as the network device can be connected via Ethernet or a wireless LAN (WLAN), it will have an accompanying IP address. This IP address is used to communicate with the network device for monitoring, data transfer, and other activities. The following are various network devices commonly found in small office/home office (SOHO), small to medium business (SMB), and enterprise network infrastructures:
- Hub—A Layer 2 switch that creates a single Ethernet broadcast domain for all ports on that hub. Hubs are typically used for departmental LANs and in the SOHO environment. This device operates at the Physical and Data Link Layers.
- Bridge—A Layer ...