Routers do not provide station transparency. A bridge is a networking device for connecting two segments of a network and transmitting data between them. Bridge operate in both the physical and the data link layers of OSI model. There is a compulsion of using identical protocols for the segments to communicate. The primary use of a bridge is to send, filter, or flood any arriving frame depending on the MAC address of that specific frame.
The frames can be transferred between two originally separate LANs by a bridge. However, bridges incorporate logic that permits them to retain the traffic for each segment separately. When a frame enters in a bridge interface, it checks the destination MAC address and forwards the late copy to the segment to which the address belongs. Bridges are also apparent to the end stations. Bridges are hardware based, and it uses specialized hardware called ASIC Application specific integrated circuit chip to maintain MAC address table and to make filtering decision.
Bridged network fragments collision domains, but do not fragment broadcast domains, instead forward all broadcasts. A router can be defined as a Network layer mechanism, be it software or hardware, using metrics to decide the best path to use for transmission of network traffic.
A router is a device that routes or forward data from one network to other based on their IP address. It means that routers only forward the data if destination computer is the intended user. Routers have access to network layer addresses and contain software that enables them to determine which of the several possible paths between those addresses is the best for the particular transmission.
Routers break up broadcast and collision domains. The connected devices will be able to only discover and see other devices connected to the same WiFi hotspot or wired network that you're creating with Connectify Hotspot.
They will not be able to communicate directly with other devices from the network you're sharing. Bridging mode allows devices that are on your Hotspot and on the network you're sharing to communicate between them. This means your devices on the Hotspot can:. The bridging capabilities in Hotspot, also give it the ability to act as a WiFi repeater to extend the range of your wireless network. Learn more about bridging mode. Still need help? Contact Us Contact Us. What is Routed Network Access?
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