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Chapter 4: Basic Concepts and Management
Ethernet switch
Workstations
BACKBONE
Mini
computer
Mini
frame
Ethernet switchEthernet switch
Ethernet switch
Printer
Printer
Figure 4-8.
In the figure above, all stations are within the same broadcast domain. For these stations, the traffic is getting congested when
adding more stations to the broadcast domain. With more and more users joining the LAN, broadcast traffic will rapidly decrease
the performance of the network. In this case, the network may fail.