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Hub

basically a multiport repeater

can be used to divide a single LAN into multiple levels of Hierarchy

Bridge

connect similar/dissimilar LANS

Designed to store and forward frame

Protocol independent

Transparent to End Stations

Operates in Layer-1 & Layer-2

uses a table for filtering/routing

does not change the Mac address in the frame

two types of bridges are there Transparent/source routing

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