does a bridge support full-duplex operation ?

ggauravr

needed help with this question ..hope someone would help ..
full-duplex transmission requires point-to-point link ,like we get by using switches.. but bridge ,which is quite similar to switches (except a few diff),usually connects two network segments ,which makes it a multi-point link.. but if a two-port bridge is used to connect single node on each port..Can it be used for full duplex communication ?? plz help..thanks in advance.

hexem

Yes.

A bridge is just like a switch, with fewer ports, if you had two pc's plugged into those ports it would be full duplex, full use of that 100mb's etc. the fact they had fewer ports meant people would often plug seperate hubs into those ports to create two seperate collision domains, get it?