COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK DEVICES
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Router
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Repeater
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Switch
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Gateway
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Detailed explanation-1: -A hub and a repeater send signals out all other ports. These devices do not examine the frame or the packet contents.
Detailed explanation-2: -A hub operates at OSI model Layer 1 (Physical layer). It regenerates electrical signals and sends those signals out all hub ports without regard to the upper-layer data.
Detailed explanation-3: -A hub is simply a multiport Ethernet repeater that operates at the physical–or Layer 1–segment of the OSI model. When the hub receives information from a sending device, it simply repeats, or broadcasts, that same information out all ports on the hub.
Detailed explanation-4: -A switch transmits data from one device to another in form of frames while a router transmits data from one network to another in form of packets.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following utilities can you use to monitor, update, and manage all your hardware devices on a Windows computer? EXPLANATION You can use Device Manager to monitor, update, and manage all your hardware devices on a Windows computer.