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The document outlines an experiment aimed at studying various network devices, including repeaters, hubs, switches, bridges, routers, and gateways, detailing their functions and roles within the OSI model. It describes the operational layers of each device and their specific purposes in network communication. Additionally, it includes a set of viva questions related to the concepts discussed in the experiment.

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The document outlines an experiment aimed at studying various network devices, including repeaters, hubs, switches, bridges, routers, and gateways, detailing their functions and roles within the OSI model. It describes the operational layers of each device and their specific purposes in network communication. Additionally, it includes a set of viva questions related to the concepts discussed in the experiment.

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Experiment - 1

Aim: Study of the following Network Devices in Detail


•​ Repeater
•​ Hub
•​ Switch
•​ Bridge
•​ Router
•​ Gateway

Requirements: No software or hardware needed.

Procedure: The following steps should be taken to understand this practical.

1.​ Repeater: Functioning at Physical Layer. A repeater is an electronic device that


receives a signal and retransmits it at a higher level and/or higher power, or onto the other
side of an obstruction, so the signal can cover longer distances. A repeater has two ports, so
it cannot be used to connect more than two devices

2.​ Hub: An Ethernet hub, active hub, network hub, repeater hub, hub, or concentrator is a device for
connecting multiple twisted pair or fiber optic Ethernet devices and making them act as a single network
segment. Hubs work at the physical layer (layer 1) of the OSI model and are a form of multiport repeater.
Repeater hubs also participate in collision detection, forwarding a jam signal to all ports if they detect a
collision.

3.​ Switch: A network switch or switching hub is a computer networking device that connects network
segments. The term commonly refers to a network bridge that processes and routes data at the data link layer
(layer 2) of the OSI model. Switches that additionally process data at the network layer (layer 3 and above)
are often referred to as Layer 3 switches or multilayer switches.

4.​ Bridge: A network bridge connects multiple network segments at the data link
layer (Layer 2) of the OSI model. In Ethernet networks, the term bridge formally means a
device that behaves according to the IEEE 802.1D standard. A bridge and a switch are very
much alike; a switch is a bridge with numerous ports. A switch or Layer 2 switch is often
used interchangeably with bridge. Bridges can analyze incoming data packets to determine if
the bridge can send the given packet to another segment of the network.

5.​ Router: A router is an electronic device that interconnects two or more computer
networks and selectively interchanges packets of data between them. Each data packet
contains address information that a router can use to determine if the source and destination
are on the same network or if the data packet must be transferred from one network to
another. Where multiple routers are used in a large collection of interconnected networks, the
routers exchange information about target system addresses, so that each router can build up
a table showing the preferred paths between any two systems on the interconnected
networks.

6.​ Gate Way: In a communications network, a network node equipped for interfacing with
another network that uses different protocols.
•​ A gateway may contain devices such as protocol translators, impedance matching
devices, rate converters, fault isolators, or signal translators as necessary to provide
system interoperability. It also requires the establishment of mutually acceptable
administrative procedures between both networks.
A protocol translation/mapping gateway interconnects networks with different network protocol technologies by
performing the required protocol conversions.

VIVA QUESTIONS:

1.​ What is the difference between a switch and a hub?


2.​ What is ARP, and why is it used?
3.​ What are the advantages of a wired network?
4.​ How does Wireshark help in network troubleshooting?

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