As the previous goal, we used routers, bridges and switches in a network.
Figure 1.3 shows how the network will look forward to working with all of these network equipment in place. Keep in mind that the router is not only broken the broadcasting domain, every LAN interface, This will break the collision domain as well as.
When you look at Figure 1.3, you notice the center of the stage router discovery, and Each physical network it is connected it? We must use this layout, because Participation of older technologies, bridges and hubs.
At the top network in Figure 1.3, you will find that a bridge was used to connect the hub Router. Bridge decomposition of a collision domain, but all hosts connected to two hubs Still into the same broadcast domain. In addition, the bridge only created two collision Domain, so each device connected to the hub, but have to in the same collision domain for all other equipment Connect to the same hub. This in fact is very poor, but still better than a collision, All hosts several domains. NOTICE else: three centers at the bottom of the connection is also connected to the Router, to create a collision domain and one broadcast domain. This allows network bridging
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Here, I’ve placed the LAN switches at the center of the network world so that the routers are connecting only logical networks together. If I implemented this kind of setup, I’ve created virtual LANs (VLANs). But it is really important to understand that even though you have a switched net-
work, you still need a router to provide your inter-VLAN communication, or internetworking.
Obviously, the best network is one that’s correctly configured to meet the business requirements of the company it serves. LAN switches with routers, correctly placed in the network, are the best network design. This book will help you understand the basics of routers and switches, so you can make tight, informed decisions on a case-by-case basis.
Let’s go back to Figure 1.4. Looking at the figure, how many collision domains and broadcast domains are in this internetwork? Hopefully, you answered nine collision domains andthree broadcast domains! The broadcast domains are definitely the easiest to see because only routers break up broadcast domains by default. And since there are three connections, that gives you three broadcast domains. But do you see the nine collision domains? Just in case that’s a no, I’ll explain. The all-hub network is one collision domain; the bridge network equals three collision domains. Add in the switch network of five collision domains—one for
each switch port—and you’ve got a total of nine.
So now that you’ve gotten an introduction to internetworking and the various devices that live in an internetwork, it’s time to head into internetworking models.

