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You may be referring to a hub or a switch. Switches are more common. Hubs are older technology.

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you can use a router< a bridge, or switches to connect a local area net to metro politan area net>

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A bridge.

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Q: What pieces of hardware or software makes it possible for two different networks Local Area Network to be joined together?
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