BRIDGE

Broadband Internet Glossary

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A bridge is a data-link layer (Layer 2) internetworking device that interconnects two local area networks (LANs). A bridge operates at the data-link layer and therefore can only interconnect local area networks of the same type.
     A bridges reads the destination and source addresses in the packets or frames and forwards them on to another local area network segment depending on the address.

Manufacturers of Bridge

Brands of Bridge include:
  • Netgear.  Products from Netgear include Hub, Ethernet Hub, PPPoE, VPN and Bridge
  • Dlink.  Products from Dlink include NAT Router, DSL Modem, ADSL Modem, Wireless xDSL Access and VPN

Other topics in our resources on Broadband Internet related to Bridge include: 
 
  • Hub
  • repeater
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  • switch
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  • router
  • Ethernet bridge (IEEE 802.3 Bridge)

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