Refresher Course on Data Communications and Networking

(2nd 14th June 2008)

Networking Devices & VLANs

L.ANJANEYULU Dept of E.C.E NIT, WARANGAL

Figure 21-1

Connecting Devices

Five categories of connecting devices

A Repeater in the OSI Model

A Repeater

Function of a Repeater

A hierarchy of hubs

A Bridge (Switch) in the OSI Model

Note

A bridge has a table used in filtering decisions.

A bridge connecting two LANs

Note

A bridge does not change the physical (MAC) addresses in a frame.

A Bridge

Function of a Bridge

Figure 21-9

Multiport Bridge

A learning bridge and the process of learning

8 A system of connected LANs and its graph representation

Forwarding and blocking ports after using spanning tree algorithm

A Router in the OSI Model

Routers in an Internet

Routers connecting independent LANs and WANs

A Gateway in the OSI Model

A Gateway

Star backbone

VIRTUAL LANs
We can roughly define a virtual local area network (VLAN) as a local area network configured by software, not by physical wiring.

Membership Configuration Communication between Switches IEEE Standard Advantages

A switch connecting three LANs

A switch using VLAN software

Two switches in a backbone using VLAN software