Hey! So, about your question on network devices, routers are super central. Basically, they direct traffic between networks. Thinking about how you’d direct your friends where to go at a festival, that’s what routers do with data!

So there’s this thing called a network bridge, think of it as like connecting two separate groups at a party. It helps different sections of a network to communicate with each other without running everything together and making a mess.

Modem: A modem is a hardware device that converts data into a format suitable for a transmission medium so that it can be transmitted from computer to computer (historically over telephone lines). Modems are essential for connecting to the internet.