Pali mitundu yambiri ya masinthidwe pamsika, koma palinso zosiyana zogwirira ntchito, ndipo mbali zazikulu ndizosiyana.Itha kugawidwa molingana ndi lingaliro lalikulu komanso kukula kwa ntchito:
1)Choyamba, m'lingaliro lalikulu, ma switch a netiweki amatha kugawidwamagulu awiri: osiyana ma switch a WAN ndi ma switch a LAN.
Dera lalikulu lomwe ma switch a WAN amagwiritsidwa ntchito polumikizirana ndi Amapatsa ogwiritsa ntchito nsanja yoyambira yolumikizirana yomwe ingakwaniritse zosowa za ogwiritsa ntchito angapo.Miyezo yotumizira ogwiritsa ntchito osiyanasiyana sizisokonezana.
Kwa ma switch a LAN, izi zimayang'ana kwambiri pa LAN, yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito kulumikiza zida zambiri zomaliza, monga kumanga gawo lomwelo la netiweki pa PC ndi chosindikizira cha netiweki.
Pankhani ya njira zotumizira mauthenga ndi liwiro lotumizira, amatha kugawidwa kukhala ma switch a Efaneti, masiwichi othamanga a Efaneti, ma switch a gigabit Ethernet, masiwichi a FDDI, masiwichi a ATM, ndi masiwichi a mphete.
2)Pankhani ya kukula ndi kugwiritsa ntchito, amatha kugawidwa m'magulu abizinesi, masinthidwe am'madipatimenti, ndi masinthidwe amagulu ogwira ntchito.Miyezo ya opanga osiyanasiyana sikugwirizana kwathunthu.Nthawi zambiri, masinthidwe amabizinesi amakhala amtundu wa rack, pomwe masinthidwe a dipatimenti amatha kukhala amtundu wa rack (okhala ndi mipata yocheperako) kapena masinthidwe okhazikika, pomwe masinthidwe amagulu ogwirira ntchito ndi mitundu yosinthika yokhazikika (yokhala ndi ntchito zosavuta).Kumbali ina, pakuwona kuchuluka kwa ntchito, monga chosinthira chakumbuyo, masiwichi omwe amathandizira mabizinesi akuluakulu okhala ndi mfundo zopitilira 500 ndizosintha zamabizinesi, ndi masiwichi omwe amathandizira mabizinesi apakatikati okhala ndi chidziwitso chochepera 300. mfundo ndi masiwichi a dipatimenti, ndipo masiwichi omwe amathandizira mfundo zosakwana 100 ndizosintha zamagulu ogwirira ntchito.
Zomwe zili pamwambazi ndizofotokozera za "Classification of Switches" yobweretsedwa ndiMalingaliro a kampani Shenzhen HDV Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Takulandilani kutifunsenikwa mtundu uliwonse wa zida zoyankhulirana zamtundu uliwonse.