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Routers, switches, firewalls
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- Switch: connects devices inside one network. Like an electronic power strip for data.
- Router: connects different networks to each other - e.g. your home to the internet.
- Firewall: rule-based gatekeeper that blocks unwanted traffic.
- Wi-Fi access point: a router that speaks wirelessly to phones and laptops.