Parts, Function and purpose of a network switch
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
