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Ethernet LANs Solving Network Challenges with Switched LAN Technology Network Congestion Bridges LAN Switch LAN Switch Features Switches Supersede Bridges Switching Frames LANs Today VLAN Overview Summary The most common causes of network congestion on an Ethernet LAN are increasingly powerful computer and network technologies; increasing volume of network traffic; and high-bandwidth applications, such as desktop publishing, e-learning, and streaming video Ethernet bridges were used to divide an Ethernet LAN into multiple segments. This arrangement prevented devices connected to one segment