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How does hub,bridge,switch and router affect collision domain and broadcast domain

Posted Sat, 09/04/2010 - 06:14 by rajesh

All the devices connected with hub (which is layer 1 device) are in same collision domain and broadcast domain as hub just repeats the signal received at one port and sends it to the other port, does not perform any switching or routing.

Switches and Bridges (Layer 2 devices) are used to break the network in segments. Each segment forms a separate collision domain but all devices irrespective of their segment receives broadcast message so these are in same broadcast domain.

Router (Layer 3 Device) segments network in separate collision domains and broadcast domains.


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MAC address vs IP Address for data transmission

Posted Tue, 09/22/2009 - 06:02 by xtreme

MAC (Media Access Control) Address

Each network card is assigned a unique physical address known as MAC ddress.This address which is also known as ethernet address is Hardcoded 48 bits address stored in your Network interface Card.This 6 byte adrress is stored in binary form but for human readability denoted in 12 hexadecimals.


Network topology-Advantages and disadvantages of Star,Mesh,Tree,Ring,Bus Topologies

Posted Mon, 09/14/2009 - 11:51 by rajesh

Network Topology:

Topology refers to arrangement of the nodes in the network. Topology is the geometrical representation of linking devices (usually called nodes) to each other in LAN. Possible topologies which are being used are mesh, bus, star, tree and ring.


Make your windows XP machine, work as a router

Posted Wed, 08/26/2009 - 13:23 by rajesh

This article tells how to make your windows XP (professional) machine work as a router by following simple steps.

There are situations in which we need to connect two different series network and make them communicate to each other. We need a router to make necessary routing of packets from one network to a different network. But for home router seems a costly option. However if you are having Windows XP professional you can make it router by enabling IP forwarding in registry.


IP Address- from classful addressing to CIDR

Posted Mon, 08/24/2009 - 15:16 by rajesh

This article tells basic of IP Address and what was reason behind transition from classful addressing to classless addressing CIDR

Internet Protocol (IP) Address is a logical address provided to each network device connected in a computer network for routing info. Its basic purpose is to uniquely identify each node connected in the network.


Basic functions of each layer in OSI reference model

Posted Mon, 08/24/2009 - 14:59 by rajesh

This article tells about the Basic network functions performed by each layer of OSI seven layer reference model in data transmission starting from physical to application layer.


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