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Figure 4.16. 10Base-T in a consultation <strong>to</strong>pology,<br />

utilizing 10Base-FL backbone cabling.<br />

There are primarily two types of bridges used with 10Base-T: two-port transparent<br />

and multiport transparent bridges. Transparent bridges connect two or more<br />

segments of <strong>the</strong> same kind of transmission medium <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r. In most cases,<br />

two-port transparent bridges will have two AUI interfaces instead of two 10Base-T<br />

RJ-45 interfaces, for instance. Multiport bridges, alternatively, will have a set of PHY<br />

media-specific interfaces. There is also a third type of bridge called a translation<br />

bridge. Translation bridges use different PHY media-specific interfaces <strong>to</strong> translate<br />

data PDUs from one Layer 2 pro<strong>to</strong>col <strong>to</strong> ano<strong>the</strong>r. One of <strong>the</strong> most common types of<br />

translation bridges is an FDDI-<strong>to</strong>-10Base-T encapsulation bridge that enables FDDI<br />

<strong>to</strong> be used as a high-speed backbone transport between 10Base-T hubs. As<br />

mentioned previously, multiport bridges (or switches) will be covered in Chapter 6.

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