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Network Hardware
Hosts
Hosts are the actual clients/devices on a network. Examples: Computers, printers, servers, etc....
Hubs / Repeaters
Hubs connect hosts in Network Types#Broadcast network networks, they forward all messages in all possible directions. This means that hubs are non-intelligent.
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Switches
Switches like hubs also connect hosts in broadcast networks. Switches however forward messages in the direction of their intended receivers. This makes the switches intelligent.
This property of a switch is called filtering.
Switches contain a table that stores all MAC-Address of connected devices (of each port) in a table.
They read the frame of a incoming message, extract the destination MAC Address and forward it to the corrisponding port on the switch