Topic 1 - Networks

Topic 1 - Networks

1. Client Server vs Peer to Peer

   • Client Sever
     • Cost - More Expensive, servers are expensive to buy
     • Status - One machine is more important that the rest
     • Security - better as it is centralised and one person is responsible
   • Peer to Peer
     • Cost Saving - No server is needed, so all the computers can be the same
     • Status - All machines have the same status
     • Security - Poorer security as resources are shared

2. Topology

   • Physical configuration of network which shows the layout and how all the devices on a network are connected together