Access Devcies
Well, when we talk about an enterprise network, the most commonly used device is called as an access device.
There are 3 types of access devices -
What is an access device?
Access device is a device from where all the end devices gets enter into the network.
Switch -
Switch is basically the entry point of wired devices.
Access point (AP) -
Access point is basically the entry point of wireless devices.
And conclusively, the access point is connected into the switch. So, the switch is considered as the ultimate access device.
One last point to note is communication within the same network will get switched and communication between two different networks will get routed.
So! This was the brief explanation about the access devices. See you in the next article!