El 303 SP 21 CCN Lec 2 Devices

Networking Devices
• A computer network consists of

various networking devices that
have specific roles to play.
• Each networking device is
assigned to carry out a specific
task and perform different
works.
• A computer network includes
devices like a hub, switch, router,
modem, bridge, repeater, etc
Ethernet Card
• Ethernet card, also known as network

interface card (NIC), is a hardware
component used by computers to connect
to Ethernet LAN and communicate with
other devices on the LAN.
• The earliest Ethernet cards were external
to the system and needed to be installed
manually. In modern computer systems, it
is an internal hardware component. The
NIC has RJ45 socket where network cable
is physically plugged in.
Repeater
• Repeater – A repeater operates at the physical layer. Its job
is to regenerate the signal over the same network before
the signal becomes too weak or corrupted so as to extend
the length to which the signal can be transmitted over the
same network.
• An important point to be noted about repeaters is that they
do not amplify the signal. When the signal becomes weak,
they copy the signal bit by bit and regenerate it at the
original strength. It is a 2 port device.
Hub
• Hub – A hub is basically a multiport repeater. A hub connects
multiple wires coming from different branches, for example, the
connector in star topology which connects different stations.
• Hubs cannot filter data, so data packets are sent to all connected
devices.
Types of Hub
• Active Hub:- These are the hubs which have their own power supply
and can clean, boost and relay the signal along with the network. It
serves both as a repeater as well as wiring centre. These are used to
extend the maximum distance between nodes.
• Passive Hub :- These are the hubs which collect wiring from nodes
and power supply from active hub. These hubs relay signals onto the
network without cleaning and boosting them and can’t be used to
extend the distance between nodes.
Bridge
• Bridge – A bridge operates at 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.
• It is also used for interconnecting two LANs working on the same
protocol.
• It has a single input and single output port, thus making it a 2 port
device.
HUB,BRIDGE, SWITCH
Switch
• Switch – A switch is a multiport bridge
with a buffer and a design that can boost
its efficiency(a large number of ports
imply less traffic) and performance. A
switch is a data link layer device.
• The switch can perform error checking
before forwarding data, that makes it
very efficient as it does not forward
packets that have errors and forward
good packets selectively to correct port
only.
SWITCH
Routers
• Routers – A router is a device like a
switch that routes data packets based on
their IP addresses.
• Routers normally connect LANs and
WANs together and have a dynamically
updating routing table based on which
they make decisions on routing the data
packets
Gateway
• Gateway – A gateway, as the name suggests, is a passage to connect
two networks together that may work upon different networking
models. They basically work as the messenger agents that take data
from one system, interpret it, and transfer it to another system.
Brouter
• Brouter – It is also known as bridging router is a device which
combines features of both bridge and router. It can work either at
data link layer or at network layer.
• Working as router, it is capable of routing packets across networks
and working as bridge, it is capable of filtering local area network
traffic.
MODEMS
• The word is the combination of MODulation and the DEmodulation
operations.
• A modem is a device used to connect any computer to an internet
connection.
• A modem converts digital signals into analog signals so that it can
travel through telephone lines.
MODEM
PATCH PANEL
• Patch panels bundle multiple network ports together to connect
incoming and outgoing lines — including those for local area networks,
electronics, electrical systems and communications. When patch panels
are part of a LAN, they can connect computers to other computers and
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• Those lines, in turn, allow LANs to connect to wide area networks or to

the Internet.
• To arrange circuits using a patch panel, you simply plug and unplug the
appropriate patch cords. Troubleshooting problems are simplified with
patch panels since they provide a single location for all input jacks.
PATCH PANEL
Wi Fi
A wireless network uses radio waves, just like cell phones,
televisions and radios do. In fact, communication across a
wireless network is a lot like two-way radio
communication.
A computer's wireless adapter translates data into a radio
signal and transmits it using an antenna.
A wireless router receives the signal and decodes it.
The router sends the information to the Internet using a
physical, wired Ethernet connection.
The process also works in reverse, with the router receiving
information from the Internet, translating it into a radio
signal and sending it to the computer's wireless adapter.
What is Wi fi?
Equipment
• Rack
• Patch Panel
• Cables
• Connectors
• Hubs
• Switches
• Routers
• Gateways
• Modems
• NICS, WI-Fi
• Access Points

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Networking Devices

• A computer network consists of

• Ethernet card, also known as network

• Those lines, in turn, allow LANs to connect to wide area networks or to

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