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Data Link Layer Switching

The document provides an overview of various network connecting devices, including Repeaters, Hubs, Bridges, Switches, Routers, and Gateways, detailing their functions and layers in the OSI model. Repeaters operate at the physical layer to regenerate signals, while Hubs and Bridges function at the physical and data-link layers to connect devices within the same network. Switches, also layer-2 devices, manage data frames and reduce traffic, whereas Routers and Gateways operate at higher layers to connect different networks and support various protocols.

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Data Link Layer Switching

The document provides an overview of various network connecting devices, including Repeaters, Hubs, Bridges, Switches, Routers, and Gateways, detailing their functions and layers in the OSI model. Repeaters operate at the physical layer to regenerate signals, while Hubs and Bridges function at the physical and data-link layers to connect devices within the same network. Switches, also layer-2 devices, manage data frames and reduce traffic, whereas Routers and Gateways operate at higher layers to connect different networks and support various protocols.

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Data link Layer switching

Routers, Hubs, Switches, and Bridges are all network connecting devices.

A network connecting device is a device that connects two or more devices together that are
present in the same or different networks.

Repeaters

• A repeater operates at the physical layer.


• A repeater is a powerful network hardware device that regenerates an incoming signal
from the sender before retransmitting it to the receiver.
• It is also known as a signal booster, and it helps in extending the coverage area of
networks.
• The Incoming data can be in optical, wireless or electrical signals.
• It works at the physical layer of the OSI model.
Hubs

• Hub is a very simple network connecting device.


• In Star/hierarchical topology, a Repeater is called Hub.
• It is also known as a Multiport Repeater Device.
• A Hub is a layer-1 device and operates only in the physical network of the OSI
Model.
• Since it works in the physical layer, it mainly deals with the data in the form of bits or
electrical signals.
• A Hub is mainly used to create a network and connect devices on the same network
only.

Bridges

• A bridge is a layer-2 network connecting device


• it works on the physical and data-link layer of the OSI model.
• It interprets data in the form of data frames.
• In the physical layer, the bridge acts as a Repeater which regenerates the weak
signals, while in the data-link layer, it checks the MAC(Media Access Control)
address of the data frames for its transmission.
• A bridge connects the devices which are present in the same network.
• It is mainly used to segment a network to allow a large network size.
• It has two types of port - incoming and outgoing.
• It uses the incoming port to receive the data frames and outgoing port to send the data
frames to other devices.
• A Bridge has filtering capacity.
• It means that it can discard the faulty data frames and will allow only the errorless
data frames in the network.

Switches

• A switch is a layer-2 network connecting device


• It works on the physical and data-link layer of the OSI model.
• It interprets data in the form of data frames.
• A switch acts as a multiport bridge in the network.
• A switch maintains a Switch table which has the MAC addresses of all the devices
connected to it.
• It is preferred more over the hub, as it reduces any kind of unnecessary traffic in the
transmission channel.
• It uses the full-duplex mode of communication and saves bandwidth.
• The switch table keeps on updating every few seconds for better processing.
Routers

• A Router is a layer-3 network connecting device,


• it works on the physical, data-link and network layer of the OSI model.
• It interprets data in the form of data packets.
• It is mainly an internetworking device, which can connect devices of different
networks.
• A Router is used to connect the networks or it routes traffic between the networks.

Gateways

• A gateway is an internetworking capable of joining together two networks that use


different base protocols.
• A network gateway can be implemented completely in software, hardware, or a
combination of both, depending on the types of protocols they support.
• A network gateway can operate at any level of the OSI model.
• A gateway is a router or proxy server that routes between networks.
• A gateway belongs to the same subnet to which the PC belongs.

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