Which network device connects a local area network to the internet and can repackage data for a different network?
ARepeater
BHub
CRJ45 connector
DRouter
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Router
1. A router receives data, analyses it and transmits it on to other networks.
2. A router connects a local area network to the internet.
3. Unlike a hub or a switch it can decide or alter how the data is packaged.
4. If the next network cannot carry large packets, the router repackages the data as smaller packets.
5. A repeater only boosts a signal, a hub only broadcasts, and RJ45 is merely an eight-pin plug.
_Source: syllabus Computer Science Class 12, Ch 10 'Computer Networks', S10.4.7 Router_
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