Question

Explain in brief the following connectivity devices :

Repeater

Answer 1

Repeater:

• A repeater is a hardware unit mostly used in Ethernet to extend
• A repeater reshapes and amplifies the signal from one Ethernet segment to another.

The figure shows to network with repeaters

• A backbone cable runs vertically up in the building and a repeater is used to attach an Ethernet segment running on each floor of the office to the backbone cable.
• No two Ethernet workstations can have more than two repeaters between them if they have to communicate reliably.
• The main disadvantage of repeaters is that they repeat noise in the system.
• A separate power supply is needed for repeaters.