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Network & Hardware
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Network & Hardware
Router
- Sends the packet along the least congested (fastest) path
- Checks on how busy the path is at the moment
- Looks up all the paths it has available to get to that address
- Reads the data packet's destination address
Switches
- A network cable can only have one data packetin it at any instant.
- So if two or more computers want to place a data packet on to the network at exactly the same time, then a 'data collission' will take place
- A switch turns turns connections between machine son and off when they are needed to avoid these data collisions
Network Cards
- Network Interface cards come in wired or wireless forms. They are fitted into a computer or laptop so that they can be connect to a network.
Cables
