Unit 9 Computer Network Distinction notes

Interconnection Devices

Repeater: As signals travel
Crawley
alongside a transmission medium
it will decrease signal strength. A
borough
repeater is a physical network
device that receives a signal on
one of its ports, regenerates
council
signals last of all retransmits the
signal on all remaining ports.
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Repeaters will extend the length “Functions and features of
of a network however not the interconnection devices”
capacity, this is done by
connecting 2 nodes.



Repeaters can, not be used to
extend a network beyond the
constraints of its underlying
design, or to attach network
segments that use totally
different network access
strategies. They can, however,
connect totally different media
types, and should be ready to
link bridge segments with totally
different data rates.




(A repeater connecting
network segments)