COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK DEVICES
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A bridge is a type of computer network device that provides interconnection with other bridge networks that use the same protocol. Bridge devices work at the data link layer of the Open System Interconnect (OSI) model, connecting two different networks together and providing communication between them.
Detailed explanation-2: -A router is a network layer hardware device that transmits data from one LAN to another if both networks support the same set of protocols. So a router is typically connected to at least two LANs and the internet service provider (ISP).
Detailed explanation-3: -A bridge or LAN switch is a device that interconnects two or more Local Area Networks (LANs) and forwards packets between these networks. There are different terms to refer to a data-link layer interconnection device: • The term bridge was coined in the early 1980s.
Detailed explanation-4: -A bridge is a layer-2 network connecting device, i.e., it works on the physical and data-link layer of the OSI model. It interprets data in the form of data frames.