Network

Network

1. Advantages

   • Share Files
   • Share Printers
   • Share Logins

2. Disadvantages

   • Costly
   • Increase Viruses
   • Difficult setup

3. LAN

   • Local Area Network
     • single geographical area
       • ie school

4. WAN

   • Wide Area Network
     • ie countries

5. Topologies

   • Bus
     • Advantages
       • Cheap
     • Disadvantages
       • High Failure rate
       • Risk of collisions
   • Ring
     • Advantages
       • Cheap
       • No Collisions
     • Disadvantages
       • High Failure rate
       • hard to add more computers
   • Star
     • Advantages
       • low failure rate
       • no collisions
     • Disadvantages
       • expensive
       • depends on switch