This power point presentation is about how to connect two or more devices(computers) by using a networking bridge.

1. PRESESENTATION ON CONFIGURATION BRIDGES. Presented By: SWASTI ARYA

3. Filters data traffic at a network boundary.

4. Operates in both the physical and the data link layer of the OSI model.

5. As a physical layer device, it regenerates the signal it receives. As a data link layer device, the bridge can check the physical addresses contained in the frame.

8. The stations are completely unaware of the bridge’s existence.

9. Reconfiguration of stations is unnecessary.

10. Function are filtering frames, forwarding & blocking.

11. Source Routing Bridge-

12. Much of the bridging functions are performed by end systems, particularly the source.

13. A sending station defines the bridges that the frame must visit.

15. Required to connect different networking technologies such as a wired Ethernet segment and a wireless segment.

16. It is a new feature in Windows XP & there is no need to purchase an additional hardware-based bridge device.

18. CONFIGURATION PROCEDURE My network plces|context menu “Bridge Connections”. WARNING

23. All systems on the network are now accessible in “My Network Places”.

26. Primitive bridges are often inexpensive.

27. Reduce the size of collision domain by micro segmentation in non-switched networks.

28. Transparent to protocols above the MAC layer.

29. Allows the introduction of management/performance information and access control.

30. LANs interconnected are separate, and physical constraints such as number of stations, repeaters and segment length don't apply.

31. Helps minimize bandwidth usage.

33. Does not scale to extremely large networks.

34. Buffering introduces store and forward delays; on average traffic destined for bridge will be related to the number of stations on the rest of the LAN.

35. Bridging of different MAC protocols introduces errors.

36. Because bridges do more than repeaters by viewing MAC addresses, the extra processing makes them slower than repeaters.

38. Works with MAC (physical addresses).

39. Provides a single path from one network segment to another.

40. Works at the network layer.

41. Works with IP (logical addresses).