Question

Explain following network device with diagram:
Repeater

Answer 1

(a) A repeater is a hardware unit mostly used in Ethernet to extend.
(b) A repeater reshapes and amplifies the signal from one Ethernet segment to another.
Figure shows network with repeaters

(c) A backbone cable runs vertical up in the building and a repeater is used to attach an Ethernet segment running in each floor of the office to the backbone cable.
(d) No two Ethernet workstations can have more than two repeaters between them, if they have to communicate reliably.
(e) The main disadvantage of repeaters is that they repeat noise in the system.
(f) Separate power supply is needed for repeaters.