networks

networks

1. disadvantages

   • expense
   • needs technical expert
   • could catch a virus wich will spread
   • more room for error

2. advantages

   • can acces files from anywere
   • you can print from anywere
   • can acces software from anywhere

3. wan

   • wide area network
   • a network that spans a large geographic are or multiple orginisations

4. lan

   • a network contained in a single geographical location or orginisation
   • local area network

5. topologies

   • bus topology
   • ring
   • mesh topology
   • star

6. ip adress

   • it is a unique value assigned to a computer on a network to identify it
   • all the messages on a network are sent to your very own ip adress