Computer Hardware

Computer Hardware

1. Keywords

   • Bandwidth
     • That limit on the amount of data that is able to be transmitted per second.
   • Ethernet Port
     • A connection slot in a device for ethernet cables.
   • MAC Address
     • A physical address of any device used for networking.

2. Routers

   • Its responsible for trasmitting Packets between different Networks.
   • They act as the Gateway between 2 different networks.

3. Switch

   • Is designed to transfer Frames inside a network
   • It only recognises devices that it is directly connected to.
   • A switch will only look at the MAC Address its not interested in the Packets

4. Hub

   • The Hub doesnt care about Packets or Frames
   • The Hub doesnt know what data it is receiving and what the data is for
   • The Hub sends copies of data that it receives to every device.

5. WAP