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5. What is bridge and its benefit
Answer:
A bridge is a product that connects a local area network (LAN) to another local area network that uses the same protocol (for example, Ethernet or Token Ring). You can envision a bridge as being a device that decides whether a message from you to someone else is going to the local area network in your building or to someone on the local area network in the building across the street.
Benefit :
It work at data link layer and it is capable of handling physical addressing, so it reduce the un-necessary traffic.
Aman
25 Aug, 2016 5:48 PM
A bridge is a product that connects a local area network (LAN) to another local area network that uses the same protocol (for example, Ethernet or Token Ring). You can envision a bridge as being a device that decides whether a message from you to someone else is going to the local area network in your building or to someone on the local area network in the building across the street.
Benefit :
It work at data link layer and it is capable of handling physical addressing, so it reduce the un-necessary traffic.
Benefit :
It work at data link layer and it is capable of handling physical addressing, so it reduce the un-necessary traffic.
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