LANs and WANs

LANs and WANs

1. LANs is a common communications line or wireless link to a server.

2. WANS is when a business with computers in two separate geographical sites, which wants to have all of their computers connected will need to use a wide area network.

3. A Local Area Network (LAN) is a private computer network that connects computers in small physical areas. (geographical area)

4. Advantages lan

   • a fileserver can be used to store and share documents and files centrally.

5. State what hardware is needed to connect to a LAN.

   • Network Adapter

6. State what hardware is needed to connect to a WAN.

   • Network Cable

7. Hardware

   • Peer to peer network is created when two or more PCs are connected and share resources without going through a separate server computer
   • Client-server network is designed for users to access resources such as files, songs, video collections,