Networks

Networks

1. Advantages

   • share resourses
   • easy to access
   • connective
   • you can share logins with others on the same network
   • Simple easy access
   • Printable work

2. Disadvantages

   • expensive
   • more room for error
   • requires experts to fix
   • increased risk aka problems

3. key words

   • LAN
     • local area network
   • WAN
     • world area network

4. bus

   • a network that consits of one wire
     • advantages
       • cheap only one cable
         • disadvantages
           • high risk of failure
             • easily broken

5. Ring

   • computers connected to each one in a ring
     • comunication only goes in one direction
   • advantages
     • cheap
   • high chance of failure
     • diadvantages

6. star

   • all computers connected to a centeral switch
   • the switch directs the traffic to the appropriate
     • advantages
       • fast ( low chance of collisions)
         • easy to add new computers
           • low chance of catastrophic failure
       • disadvanges
         • expensive (a needs lots of cabaling)
           • fauilure to the switch will take down the network

7. network address

   • IP address = internet protocol address
     • more devices than its possible to assing multiple addreses
       • houses run their own mini networks with their own ip addeses
         • unique value