Repeater works in physical layer of OSI reference model.
Hubs - physical layer
Bridge - capable to read Mac address of devices. Works on Data Link Layer of OSI reference model.
Switch - like hub, inteligent, determine source and destination and pass data to only targeted destination.
Switch can operate on coaxial, UTP, OFC
switch is manageable by SNMP ( SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL)
L2 switch, L3 switch
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