Question

A device to connect dissimilar networks is called

Answer 1

bridge is the device to connect dissimilar networks..

Answer 2

Device used to connect dissimilar networks is known as routers,switch,bridge,repeater etc.

These are known as network devices and are used to connect different types of networks.

1)Routers:- A router is a device like a switch and is mainly a network layer device and are used to connect LANs and WANs together .

2)Switch:- It is a multiport bridge and is a data link layer device. It performs error checking before forwarding data.

3)Bridge:- It operates at data link layer and is used to connect two LANs working on same protocol and has single input and output port.

4)Repeater:-Its job is to regenerate signal over same network before signals become too weak or corrupted. It is two port device.