Networks

Networks

1. Advantages

   • Easy to share projects
   • better storage
   • More ways of communication
   • Good for remote working
   • Can use Apps

2. Types of Network

   • LAN
     • Local Area Network
   • WAN
     • Wide Area Network
   • PAN
     • personal area network

3. Disadvantages

   • Can be easily hacked
   • Expensive
   • Can lead to viruses that spread
   • If it crashes would loose all the info
   • can be difficult to manage

4. topologies

   • Bus
     • Advantages
       • cheap
     • Disadvantages
       • high chance of failure
       • high chance of collision
   • Star
     • Advantages
       • fast
       • easy to add new computers
       • low chance of failure
     • Disadvantages
       • expensive
       • Failure of switch will take down network
   • Ring
     • Advantages
       • cheap
       • no collisons
     • Disadvantages
       • High chance of failure
       • Difficult to add new comuters

5. IP addresses

   • Unique set of numbers for computer on a network
   • It is used to identify the computer
   • 32-bit binary value
   • There are internal and external IP addresses