Allied Telesis CentreCOM AT-3675 Bridge User Manual page 15

Figure 5: A Backbone Network
Mixing Media
Figure 6: Example of Mixing
Media
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Sub-network A
The AT-3675 bridge can also be used to interconnect network segments that
use different media.
You may use any medium on either channel. This alone is not a good reason to
use a bridge since inexpensive conversion devices are available. However, if
you need to install a bridge and need to interconnect different media, the
AT-3675 can apply in this case. Figure 6 shows a network that mixes media
using a bridge.
Thick
Ethernet
Thin
Ethernet
CentreCOM AT-3675 SNMP-Manageable Learning Bridge
Backbone Network
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Sub-network B
CentreCOM
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CentreCOM
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Sub-network C
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