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Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch
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Figure 4 Shared Server Using VLAN Example
1.1.5 Metro Ethernet
The Switch is ideal for connecting users to an Ethernet network that spans a metropolitan area.
In the following example, the Switch is one of many switches that connect users in the
metropolitan area to the Internet. The metro ethernet is based on a star (or hub-and-spoke)
topology, though other topologies, such as ring or mesh, are also possible. The Switch is
connected to the backbone and the metropolitan servers over an optical network that provides
higher bandwidth than copper.
Figure 5 Metro Ethernet