ʻO ke kuapo (Switch) ʻo ia hoʻi "switch" a he mea hana pūnaewele i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā hōʻailona uila (optical). Hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i kahi ala hōʻailona uila kū hoʻokahi no kekahi mau kikowaena pūnaewele ʻelua o ke kuapo komo. ʻO nā kuapo maʻamau he mau kuapo Ethernet. ʻO nā mea maʻamau ʻē aʻe he mau kuapo leo kelepona, nā kuapo fiber a pēlā aku.
ʻO nā hana nui o kahi kuapo e komo pū ana me ka hoʻoponopono kino, ka topology pūnaewele, ka nānā hewa, ke kaʻina frame, a me ka kaohi kahe. Loaʻa i ke kuapo kekahi mau hana hou, e like me ke kākoʻo no VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network), ke kākoʻo no ka hōʻuluʻulu loulou, a loaʻa i kekahi ka hana o ka pā ahi.
1. E like me nā kikowaena, hāʻawi nā kuapo i kahi nui o nā awa no ke kaula ʻana, e ʻae ana i ke kaula ʻana i loko o kahi topology hōkū.
2. E like me nā mea hoʻihoʻi hou, nā kikowaena, a me nā alahaka, hoʻoulu hou kahi kuapo i kahi hōʻailona uila huinaha i hoʻololi ʻole ʻia i kona hoʻouna ʻana i nā kiʻi.
3. E like me nā alahaka, hoʻohana nā kuapo i ka logic hoʻouna like a kānana paha ma kēlā me kēia awa.
4. E like me ke alahaka, hoʻokaʻawale ke kuapo i ka pūnaewele wahi kūloko i nā ʻāpana collision he nui, nona kēlā me kēia bandwidth kūʻokoʻa, no laila e hoʻomaikaʻi nui ana i ka bandwidth o ka pūnaewele wahi kūloko.
5. Ma waho aʻe o nā hana o nā alahaka, nā kikowaena, a me nā mea hana hou, hāʻawi nā kuapo i nā hiʻohiʻona holomua e like me nā pūnaewele wahi kūloko virtual (VLAN) a me ka hana kiʻekiʻe.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Malaki-17-2022