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Bridge

A bridge is similar to a router. The device connects two identical or different LANs together.

Unlike a router, a bridge is protocol-independent. It simply forwards the information packets from one LAN to the other without worrying about analysing or re-routing the data. This means that a bridge is much faster than a router, but cannot be used for as many purposes.

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