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Computer Network Chapter (6) Connecting Device

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  Computer Networks
 Al-Mustansiryah University
 Elec. Eng. Department College of Engineering
Fourth Year Class

Chapter 6
Connecting Device

6.1
  Functions of network devices
• Separating (connecting) networks or
expanding network
• e.g. repeaters, hubs, bridges, routers,

switches

6.2
  6.1 Connecting Devices

 Five connecting devices

 Repeaters
 Hubs
 Bridges
 Switches
 Routers

6.3
 Figure 6.1 Five categories of connecting devices

6.4
 1)Repeaters
 A physical layer device the acts on bits not on frames or packets

 When a bit (0,1) arrives, the repeater receives it and regenerates it,
the transmits it onto all other interfaces

 Used in LAN to connect cable segments and extend the maximum

cable length  extending the geographical LAN range

 Repeaters do not implement any access method (If any two nodes on
any two connected segments transmit at the same time collision will
happen)

6.5
6.6
 Figure 6.2 A repeater connecting two segments of a LAN

6.7
 Figure 6.3 Function of a repeater

6.8
 2)Hubs
 Acts on the physical layer

 Operate on bits rather than frames

 Used to connect stations adapters in a physical star topology but logically

bus

 Hub receives a bit from an adapter and sends it to all the other adapters
without implementing any access method.

 does not do filtering (forward a frame into a specific destination or drop it)
just it copy the received frame onto all other links

 Multiple Hubs can be used to extend the network length

6.9
 Hubs
 The entire hub forms a single collision domain, and a single Broadcast
domain
 Collision domain: is that part of the network when two or more nodes transmit at
the same time collision will happen.

 Broadcast domain: is that part of the network where each NIC can 'see' other
NICs' traffic broadcast messages.

6.10
 Interconnecting with hubs
 Backbone hub interconnects LAN segments
 Advantage:
 Extends max distance between nodes
 Disadvantages
 Individual segment collision domains become one large collision
domain  (reduce the performance)
 Can’t interconnect different Ethernet technologies because no
buffering at the hub
Here we have a single collision
domain and a single broadcast
domain

6.11
 3)Bridges
 Acts on the data link layer (MAC address level)

 Used to divide (segment) the LAN into smaller LANs segments, or to connect LANs
that use identical physical and data link layers protocol

 Each LAN segment is a separate collision domain

 Bridge does not send the received frame to all other interfaces like hubs and repeaters,
but it performs filtering

 A bridge has a table used in filtering decisions.

6.12
 Figure 6.5 A bridge connecting two LANs

6.13
 Bridges Vs. Hubs

bridge

A Hub sending a packet form F to C. A bridge sending a packet from F

to C

6.14
 4)Switches
 Usually used to connect individual computers not LANs like bridge.

 Allows more than one device connected to the switch directly to

transmit simultaneously .

 Can operates in Full-duplex mode (can send and receive frames at the
same time over the same interface).

 Performs MAC address recognition and frame forwarding in

hardware.

6.15
6.16
6.17
 Types of Switches
 Switches can use different forwarding techniques—two of these are store-
and-forward switching and cut-through switching.

 In store-and-forward switching, an entire frame must be received before it

is forwarded.

 Cut-through switching allows the switch to begin forwarding the frame

when enough of the frame is received to make a forwarding decision. This
reduces the latency through the switch.

 Store-and-forward switching gives the switch the opportunity to evaluate

the frame for errors before forwarding it.

 Cut-through switching does not offer this advantage, so the switch might
forward frames containing errors.
6.18
 5) Routers

 Operates at network layer = deals with packets not frames.

 Connect LANs and WANs with similar or different protocols together.

 Switches and bridges isolate collision domains but forward broadcast messages
to all LANs connected to them. Routers isolate both collision domains and
broadcast domains.

 Acts like normal stations on a network, but have more than one network
address (an address to each connected network).

 Routers Communicate with each other and exchange routing information.

 Determine best route using routing algorithm by special software installed on

them.

6.19
6.20
 Figure 6.11 Routers connecting independent LANs and WANs

6.21
 How They Operate
Hub Bridge Switch Router

Collision Domains:
1 4 4 4
Broadcast Domains:
1 1 1 4

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