A few technicians trend terms interchangeably routers, switches and stations have to use. About a switch we are talking about

a minute. Two minutes later the router configuration to meet. However, all these are still searching for this box. Always ask

what is the difference between these cells? The work of three devices from each other a lot, even if sometimes they are

different in one device. When I? To take a look ...

Centers, switches and routers: Getting Started with the definition

Axis
Equipment for a network on a common connection. A LAN connection to the center section is responsible for. Includes a number

of ports. When a packet comes in other ports in the LAN port, all packets of all classes.

Switch
Network, a LAN device that section between the filter and forward packets. Switches on the data link layer (layer 2) network

layer, and sometimes work (layer 3) of the OSI reference model and therefore supports all protocol packets. This category

with LANS or LAN switches are changing, in the case of Ethernet LAN Ethernet network switch.

Routers
A network device that sends data in packets. A network router at least two, usually two or LANS LAN or Wan ISP.s and is

attached to the network. Routers gateways is located at the place where two or more networks. Title and ICMP Router

forwarding tables between the two forces to each other and configure the best route to communicate with the protocol to send

packets and the best way to determine.
Server to understand the key concepts:

Lan
That a network is a relatively small area. Most of the building or building a group of LANS are on.

Van
A larger geographic area is a network. Typically, a one-two or more local area network (LAN) are.

Network
Two or more computer systems linked together in a group.

Mac Address
Nickname media access control address, uniquely identifies a network each node is a hardware address for.

OSI
Short open system interconnection, a worldwide ISO standard for communication, for seven layers in the network protocol for

implementing a framework is defined.

The network equipment at the difference between these
Today, the Swiss Army knife of routers, the features and functionality of a router and a switch like / have become a hub in

one device. Therefore, the discussion about these tools can be a little misleading - a computer network, especially for the

new.