While troubleshooting network issues you realize the network is having an incident involving broadcast storms compromising performance. What piece of network equipment would best be used to help prevent this?
A network router can prevent broadcast storms by filtering the broadcasts. Routers and other layer 3 devices also separate broadcast domains decreasing their size and impact on the network.
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What is a broadcast storm and why is it problematic for networks?
How does a router filter broadcasts differently from a switch?
What does it mean to separate broadcast domains, and why is it important?