NETWORK LAYER
INTRODUCTION
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Question
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The network layer contains which hardware device?
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Routers, Bridges
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Bridges only
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Bridges and switches
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Routers, Bridges and Switches
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Layer 3 contains hardware devices such as routers, bridges, firewalls and switches, but it actually creates a logical image of the most efficient communication route and implements it with a physical medium.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the OSI model, bridging is performed in the data link layer (layer 2). If one or more segments of the bridged network are wireless, the device is known as a wireless bridge.
Detailed explanation-3: -Layer 3 is the network layer. This is where we send information between and across networks through the use of routers.
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