IT1020 - Communicating Over the Network: Lecture Outline

Act as a multiport repeater

Increase the size of broadcast domains

Create multiple collision domains

Connect two or more segments to separate LANs (correct)

Switches have fewer ports compared to bridges

Switches are only used in small LANs

Switches are generally slower than bridges

Switches use ASICs for processing, while bridges use software running on a normal processor (correct)

Switches have the same number of collision domains as bridges

Switches have fewer collision domains than bridges (correct)

Switches eliminate collision domains altogether

Switches create more collision domains than bridges

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<p>Interconnect two or more LANs</p> Signup and view all the answers