5-4-3 rule and Bridges
Team I have a question here.
I am currently reading about Bridges when I noticed something.
It says here that " a Bridge can extend an Ethernet network without further extending a collision domain, or segment. In other words, by inserting a bridge into a network, you can add length beyond the maximum limits that apply to segments.
I thought the 5-4-3 rule which is for Ethernet networks can only have 3 segments that can be populated. The way the above text is reading that a bridge tosses the 5-4-3 rule out the windows.
Please advise
I am currently reading about Bridges when I noticed something.
It says here that " a Bridge can extend an Ethernet network without further extending a collision domain, or segment. In other words, by inserting a bridge into a network, you can add length beyond the maximum limits that apply to segments.
I thought the 5-4-3 rule which is for Ethernet networks can only have 3 segments that can be populated. The way the above text is reading that a bridge tosses the 5-4-3 rule out the windows.
Please advise
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The 5-4-3 rule applies to extending 10base2 and 10base5 networks (and the collision domain) by using repeaters. Bridges split the network at the data link level (layer 2 instead of layer 1 as repeaters do) and are not susceptible to the 5-4-3 rule. You can even allow more than 4 repeaters in the same Ethernet LAN if you add a Bridge. I.o.w. you are reading that correctly.