Answer to Question #305624 in Computer Networks for Khushi

Question

Let we have 8 nodes in the network. Compare the network performance with different connectivity device's like repeater, hubs, switches, router, bridges and gateway.

Answer 1

Repeater

It operates in the physical layer which is responsible for regenerating the signal and ensuring it is weakened.

Hubs

It's core function is a multiport repeater. It also diverges several wires coming from different destinations.

Switches

its is a multiport bridge with buffer and has a data link layer that can perform error checking before transferring data.

Routers

The function of the router is to route data packages on their IP addresses. It mainly connects LANs and WANs together. they also broadcasts the host domains connected through it

Bridges

A bridge operates at the data link layer. A bridge is a repeater, with add on the functionality of filtering content by reading the MAC addresses of source and destination

Gateway

A gateway, as the name suggests, is a passage to connect two networks together that may work upon different networking models.

Gateways are generally more complex than switches or routers. Gateway is also called a protocol converter.