CS158a
Chris Pollett
Jan. 30, 2023
To begin we want to define some of the different ways computers might be connected:
A switched network is a network of nodes where nodes connected to two or more links run software to forward data received on one link out on another. The nodes which do this forwarding are collectively called the cloud and individual forwarding nodes are often called switches. Nodes that try to communicate with each other are often called hosts. There is more than one way to set-up a switched network:
Which of the following is true?