Connection Hardware

Connection Hardware

1. Switch

   • A switch knows where it is sending the data to because it knows the ip address and the mac address of the device so no data is lost during the process. A switch only forwards data to one or multiple devices that need to receive it.

2. Router

   • A router is a network device that finds the best possible route to send data packets between computer networks.
   • Routers send data packets from one to another router through the networks until it reaches its destinations. It can split into different routes but will still end up at its destination.

3. Modem

   • A modem is a network device that modulates carrier wave signals to encode them into digital information for transmission. Modems can be imbedded inside a device such as a laptop. Because telephone lines are transmitted in analog waves a modem is used to transmit those waves into digital waves.

4. Hub

   • A hub will connect every Ethernet device together and make them act as a single network segment.