Note: Some exercises are marked with restrictions. Exercises marked “Small LANs only” should only be performed on a small LAN where the student has permission to perform the assignment, often a...

Note: Some exercises are marked with restrictions. Exercises marked “Small LANs only” should only be performed on a small LAN where the student has permission to perform the assignment, often a household LAN.

 (Small LANs only.) Identify a small, local network that you use. Ideally, it should be a household network with at least one node. Determine the node’s make and model. Visit the manufacturer’s website and determine whether it provides switch, hub, and/or wireless interconnection between endpoints (switches and hubs are described in Section 10.4). Which is it?