Wired and Wireless Networks

Wired and Wireless Networks

1. LAN (Local area network)

   • A LAN consists of computers and peripherals connected locally (in one building / school etc) Each device can run Independantly but can transfer data.

2. WAN (Wide area network)

   • A WAN contects many other LAN's over a large distance. e.g the internet

3. Peer-to-Peer

   • All computers in this network act as clients and servers, they are most commonly used to share files.

4. Client server

   • A client server is where one main computer hosts all of the information and then clients can connect to it directly and request information