Parts, Function and purpose of a network switch

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What is SMON ?

"Switch Monitoring" is described by RF3 2613

What is a OSI Model ?

A conceptual model that characterizes and standardizes the communication functions of a telecommunication or computing system.

What is Adaptive switching ?

A method of automatically selecting between the other three modes.

What is a Network Bridge ?

A network bridge is a computer networking device that creates a single aggregate network from multiple communication networks or network segments.

What is a Ethernet Hub ?

A network hardware device for connecting multiple Ethernet devices together and making them act as a single network segment.

What is a Ethernet Switch ?

An Ethernet switch operates at the data link layer (layer 2) of the OSI model to create a separate collision domain for each switch port.

Switches are found at the ? and ? levels of a network ?

Backbone and Gateway

Where are network switches most commonly used ?

Larger office settings, at gaming LAN parties and at larger public events and settings.

What is Packet Switching ?

Packet switching is a digital networking communications method that groups all transmitted data into suitably sized blocks, called packets.

LANs that use switches to join segments are called ?

Switched LANs

What is the basic function of a switch ?

The switch is supposed to perform to receive information from any source connected to it and dispatch that information to the right source.

What is Port Mirroring ?

When the switch sends a copy of network packets to a monitoring network connection


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