Is it possible to connect two network using switch.
If yes, what is difference in connecting the networks using switch and router?
If yes, what is difference in connecting the networks using switch and router?
Router vs switch
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thatoneguy
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A router is used to connect two different networks, in TCP/IP, two different subnets, such as 192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.2.0/24. Systems on those two networks that want to communicate need to have a router between them.
A standard switch (not a layer 3 "routing switch") separates the collision domains of Ethernet, but lets all the systems connected to it share the same network, e.g. 192.168.1.0/24 would all plug into 1 or more switches, depending on the number of systems.
Prior to Gigabit, there were Ethernet "hubs" that connected systems on a network, the difference being that a hub is a single collision domain (see Wiki on Ethernet).
Any computer plugged into a hub can see all the traffic to all the computers on a network. A computer plugged into a switch can only see the traffic it is sending and receiving.
A standard switch (not a layer 3 "routing switch") separates the collision domains of Ethernet, but lets all the systems connected to it share the same network, e.g. 192.168.1.0/24 would all plug into 1 or more switches, depending on the number of systems.
Prior to Gigabit, there were Ethernet "hubs" that connected systems on a network, the difference being that a hub is a single collision domain (see Wiki on Ethernet).
Any computer plugged into a hub can see all the traffic to all the computers on a network. A computer plugged into a switch can only see the traffic it is sending and receiving.
