Layer 1 Devices

Dedicated Layer 1 devices are mostly extinct in today's environments. As technology advanced, the functionality became obsolete or was rolled into layer 2 devices.

Repeater - Has 2 ports. Takes received data from one side and retransmits it on the other. It allows the physical transmission medium to be extended.

Hub - A multi-port repeater. Data is received on one port, and retransmitted out ALL other ports (except port it was received on)

  • Single Collision Domain
  • Single Broadcast Domain

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