Which two pieces of network hardware only connect internal devices together within a LAN and dont connect devices to other networks.

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Which two pieces of network hardware only connect internal devices together within a LAN and don’t connect devices to other networks.

A	Switch
B	Hub
C	Router
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -A bridge is a network device that typically links together two different parts of a LAN. Whereas a router is usually used to link a LAN to a WAN (such as the Internet), a bridge links independent parts of a LAN so that they act as a single LAN.

Detailed explanation-2: -switch: A device that connects multiple devices on a LAN and uses address information to send data packets only to the port that the appropriate device is connected to.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bridge[edit] “A device used to connect two separate Ethernet networks into one extended Ethernet. Bridges only forward packets between networks that are destined for the other network. Term used by Novell to denote a computer that accepts packets at the network layer and forward them to another network.”

Detailed explanation-4: -A bridge can be used in computer networks to interconnect two LANs together and separate network segments.

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