Types of networking or internetworking devices

Question

Write down the various types of networking or internetworking devices?

Answer 1

The various types of networking or internetworking devices are as follows:

a) Repeater: Also termed as a regenerator, it is an electronic device which operates merely at physical layer.

b) Bridges: Such operate both in the physical and data link layers of the LANs of similar type.

c) Routers: These are the relay packets among multiple inter-connected networks (that is, LANs of various types).

d) Gateways: These are the relay packets among networks which encompass various protocols (example: between LAN and a WAN).