What are the differences between a bridge, a switch and a router?

What are the functions of a bridge, swtich and router? What do they each do and when would you use it?

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I don't think you are supposed to eat banana peelMy husband eats kiwi peel, but I never heard of anyone eating banana peel As a vegetarian I have no trouble going, but there are foods that are higher in fiber than others.which should helpEat some bran (cereal) or eat some prunesYou could take a stool softener, but my best advice is this: no more banana peels.

A bridge is a device with two interfacesIt listens to both to learn where stations are locatedIf it determines that both sender and receiver of a given packet are on the same interface it ignores the packet: the receiver is already able to see it since it is one the same link as the senderOn the other hand, if it determines the receiver is on the opposite interface it sends the traffic out of that interface so that the receiver is able to see itIn this way traffic that is local to one half of the network is kept off the other sideThe reduction in traffic then means there is more free capacity on that half of the network for other usesA switch is a bridge on steroids with many interfaces - anything from five for a small home switch to several hundred for a large enterprise switchIt follows exactly the same process - if it see traffic that is local to one attached sub-network it stays on thereIf it has to be sent somewhere else it forwards the packet out of the port where the receiver may be reachedIn this way total throughput on the network may be increased dramatically, far exceeding the capacity of any individual linkRouters do a similar role but are one step removedBridges and switches work on a single physical network and there are limits as to exactly how many devices a switch can keep track of on the network - if that switch in your home had to keep track of EVERY machine on the Internet it would cost far more than your home didRouters instead work with networks as the decision making unit - instead of keeping track of where a machine is it merely decides which network it resides on and sends it in the appropriate directionThis is much more complex than what a bridge or switch does, and essentially requires a special purpose computer built into the routerIt's for this reason that routers are generally more expensive than switches.

I don't think you are supposed to eat banana peelMy husband eats kiwi peel, but I never heard of anyone eating banana peel As a vegetarian I have no trouble going, but there are foods that are higher in fiber than others.which should helpEat some bran (cereal) or eat some prunesYou could take a stool softener, but my best advice is this: no more banana peels.

A bridge is a device with two interfacesIt listens to both to learn where stations are locatedIf it determines that both sender and receiver of a given packet are on the same interface it ignores the packet: the receiver is already able to see it since it is one the same link as the senderOn the other hand, if it determines the receiver is on the opposite interface it sends the traffic out of that interface so that the receiver is able to see itIn this way traffic that is local to one half of the network is kept off the other sideThe reduction in traffic then means there is more free capacity on that half of the network for other usesA switch is a bridge on steroids with many interfaces - anything from five for a small home switch to several hundred for a large enterprise switchIt follows exactly the same process - if it see traffic that is local to one attached sub-network it stays on thereIf it has to be sent somewhere else it forwards the packet out of the port where the receiver may be reachedIn this way total throughput on the network may be increased dramatically, far exceeding the capacity of any individual linkRouters do a similar role but are one step removedBridges and switches work on a single physical network and there are limits as to exactly how many devices a switch can keep track of on the network - if that switch in your home had to keep track of EVERY machine on the Internet it would cost far more than your home didRouters instead work with networks as the decision making unit - instead of keeping track of where a machine is it merely decides which network it resides on and sends it in the appropriate directionThis is much more complex than what a bridge or switch does, and essentially requires a special purpose computer built into the routerIt's for this reason that routers are generally more expensive than switches.