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Connecting Lans, Backbone Networks, and Virtual Lans

The document discusses different types of connecting devices used in networking, including repeaters, bridges, routers, and gateways. It explains that repeaters operate at layer 1 to regenerate signals on network segments, while bridges operate at layer 2 and filter and forward frames between local area networks (LANs). The document also covers backbone networks, which allow multiple LANs to connect, and virtual LANs (VLANs), which use software rather than physical wiring to configure LANs.

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Connecting Lans, Backbone Networks, and Virtual Lans

The document discusses different types of connecting devices used in networking, including repeaters, bridges, routers, and gateways. It explains that repeaters operate at layer 1 to regenerate signals on network segments, while bridges operate at layer 2 and filter and forward frames between local area networks (LANs). The document also covers backbone networks, which allow multiple LANs to connect, and virtual LANs (VLANs), which use software rather than physical wiring to configure LANs.

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Chapter 9

Connecting LANs,
Backbone Networks,
and Virtual LANs

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CONNECTING DEVICES

In this section, we divide connecting devices into five


different categories based on the layer in which they
operate in a network.

Topics discussed in this section:


Passive Hubs
Repeaters/Active Hubs
Bridges/Two-Layer Switches
Routers/ Three-Layer Switches
Gateways

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Five categories of connecting devices

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A repeater connecting two segments of a LAN

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A repeater connects segments of a LAN.

A repeater is a regenerator, not an amplifier.

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Function of a repeater

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A hierarchy of hubs

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A bridge has a table used in filtering decisions.

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A bridge connecting two LANs

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A bridge does not change the physical (MAC) addresses in a
frame.

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A learning bridge and the process of learning

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Loop problem in a learning bridge

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Routers connecting independent LANs and WANs

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BACKBONE NETWORKS

A backbone network allows several LANs to be


connected. In a backbone network, no station is
directly connected to the backbone; the stations are
part of a LAN, and the backbone connects the LANs.

Topics discussed in this section:


Bus Backbone
Star Backbone
Connecting Remote LANs

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Bus backbone

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In a bus backbone, the topology
of the backbone is a bus.

In a star backbone, the topology of the backbone is a star;


the backbone is just one switch.

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Star backbone

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Connecting remote LANs with bridges

A point-to-point link acts as a LAN in a remote backbone


connected by remote bridges.
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VIRTUAL LANs

We can roughly define a virtual local area network


(VLAN) as a local area network configured by
software, not by physical wiring.

Topics discussed in this section:


Membership
Configuration
Communication between Switches

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A switch connecting three LANs

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A switch using VLAN software

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Two switches in a backbone using VLAN software

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VLANs create broadcast domains.

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