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TYPES OF NETWORKS
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TYPES OF NETWORKS
LAN
- A network of computers within a small area
MAN
- owned and operated by a single person but used by a great numbernof individuals
WAN
- offers four connections and covers a larger gegraphic area
WIRELESS
- te wireless alternative of LAN/WAN. nodes are connected without the use of wires.
basic network hardware
- cables and wires
- is towards everithing to be wireless
- NICs
- allows a computer to connect to a network
- network swithching
- enables networked devices to talk to each other efficiently
- modems
- allow digital data to be transmited over analogue lines
- routers
- recive incoming data packets, decipher their addresing info
- cables and wires
