Network

Network

1. LAN ( Local Area Network )

   • Devices connected over a small geographical area.
   • Hardware needed to connect your devices into LAN
     • Switch
     • Wireless access point WAP
     • Ethernet cable
     • Network interface card
     • Router
   • Ways to connect to a LAN
     • Wifi
       • Advantage
         • its good for portable devices to a LAN because it is wireless and if it wont reach to a certain area yuo can always add a wifi extender
       • Disadvantage
         • slower transfer speed compared to ethernet because it will take longer without a cable to go back to the router as its not directly transfered
       • Wireless connection
     • Ethernet
       • Advantage
         • Faster data tansfer speed compared to wifi
         • Has a range of 100 meters
       • Disadvantage
         • Costs that little bit more as you are paying for the Ethernet cable and you dont have to pay anything for wifi
       • Wired connection

2. WAN (Wide Area Network)

   • Hardware needed to connect to a WAN
   • Ways to connect to a WAN
   • A collection of networks are connected over a large geographical area