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.
Malo akuluakulu omwe 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 ma transmission media 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, atha kugawidwa m'magulu abizinesi, masinthidwe am'madipatimenti, ndi masinthidwe amagulu ogwira ntchito. Miyezo ya opanga osiyanasiyana sikugwirizana kwathunthu. Nthawi zambiri, masinthidwe amabizinesi amakhala ngati rack, pomwe masinthidwe a dipatimenti amatha kukhala amtundu wa rack (okhala ndi mipata yocheperako) kapena masinthidwe osasunthika, pomwe masinthidwe amagulu ogwirira ntchito ndi mitundu yosinthika yokhazikika (yokhala ndi ntchito zosavuta). Kumbali inayi, kuchokera kumalingaliro akugwiritsa ntchito sikelo, ngati msanakusintha, masiwichi omwe amathandizira mabizinesi akuluakulu okhala ndi zidziwitso zopitilira 500 ndi masiwichi abizinesi, ndipo masiwichi omwe amathandizira mabizinesi apakatikati okhala ndi chidziwitso chochepera 300 ndi masiwichi am'madipatimenti, ndipo masiwichi omwe amathandizira zambiri zosakwana 100. mfundo ndi masiwichi amagulu ogwira 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.