Network I Lesson 6

Student Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to: assess the disadvantages of using a repeater summarize what a hub is and does diagram a network using a hub define collision analyze the impact of data collisions on a network formulate an analogy about network backoffs explain how a bridge improves network communication evaluate disadvantages of using a bridge evaluate how routing tables affect network communication

Terms: filter - screens network traffic for certain characteristics - the address of the source and destination - and determines whether to forward or discard that traffic based on established criteria port - interface on an internetworking device segments - section of a network bounded by bridges, routers or switches hubs - device that serves as the center of a star topology- contains multiple modules of internetwork equipment - multiport repeater collision - the result of 2 nodes transmitting simultaneously - the frames from each device are damaged when they meet the physical media collision domain - area where frames that have collided are propagated (passed along) - hubs and repeaters propagate collisions backoff - retransmission delay enforced when a collision occurs algorithm - well defined process for solving a problem bridge - device that connects and passes packets between 2 network segments - will filter, forward or flood an incoming frame - based on its MAC address - more intelligent than a hub routing table - table that keeps track of routes to particular network destinations and in some cases metrics associated with the route (how far) Lesson Summary: repeaters can filter network traffic - the send data out all ports - network traffic increases and t has less than optimal performance if networks connected by one cable or network has no filter- more than one user may send data at a time - not okay in Ethernet - Ethernet allows only 1 data packed at a time this causes a collision and data is damaged NIC issues a back off when a collision occurs - algorithm determines how long the backoff will be too much traffic = lots of collisions = less than optimal performance bridges eliminate unnecessary traffic and minimize collisions bridges are concerned only with passing or not passing packets - based on destination MAC address - therefore they can rapidly forward information packets that operate at different layer 2 protocols may be passed

 bridges build tables of all MAC addresses on a network - when data comes along - the bridge checks the MAC address and if it finds it in it table it doesn forward the message any s t further - it not found - it forwards it down the line