Asante Technologies 1012 - Manual (Page 37)

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About Bridging
The AsantéBridge 1012 has combined the world of a transparent
learning bridge with the intelligence of the AsantéHub 1012. This
section gives you a brief introduction to bridging and how it is
implemented by your new AsantéBridge.
The purpose of any bridge is to provide a link between two dis-
crete segments of a single network, enabling each segment to
function as an independent network, except when packets must
be sent from one segment to the other.
For example, let’s assume that we are starting with a simple Ether-
net network comprising several AsantéHubs and various network
devices (PC, Macintoshes, and printers):
Figure 2-1 A simple Ethernet network
In this net, we are using just three hubs configured on a thick
Ethernet backbone. Expanding the net is relatively easy: we just
add more hubs on the backbone.
About
Bridging
AsantéHub 1012
ASANTE RESET
AsantéHub 1012
0000944007B3
10BaseT to
network devices
AsantéHub 1012
ASANTE RESET
AsantéHub 1012
0000944007B3
10BaseT to
network devices
AsantéHub 1012
ASANTE RESET
AsantéHub 1012
0000944007B3
10BaseT to
network devices
10Base2
connection to hub
3in1 Port 10Base2
connection to hub
3in1 Port 10Base2
connection to hub
3in1 Port