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# Network Hardware
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## Hosts
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Hosts are the actual clients/devices on a network.
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Examples: Computers, printers, servers, etc....
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## Hubs / Repeaters
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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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![[hubs.png]]
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## Switches
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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.
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This property of a switch is called filtering.
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Switches contain a table that stores all [[MAC-Address]] of connected devices (of each port) in a table.
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They read the frame of a incoming message, extract the destination MAC Address and forward it to the corrisponding port on the switch
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## Bridges
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## Routers
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