What are the benefits provided by switches?

What will be an ideal response?


Switches provide the following benefits:
• Reduction in network traffic and collisions
• Increase in available bandwidth per station, because stations can communicate in parallel
• Increase in the effective distance of a LAN by dividing it into multiple collision domains
• Increased security, because unicast traffic is sent directly to its destination and not to all other stations on the collision domain

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A. Disposal B. Migration C. Integration D. Implementation

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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