Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Networks
- Pats of a network
- Cables
- Connectors
- Network software
- Network interface card
- What is a network?
- A network is an interconnected
collection of computers.
- Types of networks
- LAN - Local Area Network
- WAN - Wide Area Network
- NAN - Metropolitan Area Network
- What is a Typology?
- The arrangement of
computers in a network.
- Examples
- Bus
- Pros : If one node fails the others aren't effected.
Simple and easy to set up.
- Cons : If the cable malfunctions, the networks goes down.
Cables and numbers of nodes are limited.
- Star
- Pro : If one system beaks it doesn't effect the network.
- Con : It is dependent of the central computer,
and wiring is expensive.
- Ring
- Pros : Easy to access/transmit data, and doesn't
require a server. It works better than star.
- Cons : One malfunctioning node can stop the whole network. It is also
slower than Ethernet. Moving, adding, and changing devices can be
straining.
- Hierarchial
- Cons : If one node fails, the others
all fail as well.
- Pros : Data can easily be shared as all nodes are
interconnected to one another.