Network & Hardware

Network & Hardware

1. Router

   • Sends the packet along the least congested (fastest) path
   • Checks on how busy the path is at the moment
   • Looks up all the paths it has available to get to that address
   • Reads the data packet's destination address

2. Switches

   • A network cable can only have one data packetin it at any instant.
   • So if two or more computers want to place a data packet on to the network at exactly the same time, then a 'data collission' will take place
   • A switch turns turns connections between machine son and off when they are needed to avoid these data collisions

3. Network Cards

   • Network Interface cards come in wired or wireless forms. They are fitted into a computer or laptop so that they can be connect to a network.

4. Cables

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