LAN Harware - created from Mind Map

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A Router

Ethernet cables

Network Interface Card

Wireless access point

WiFi range extendor

Wireless network interface card

Server

Switch

The router is used as the main hub where all the computers of a LAN connects to. The router also provides the internet.

Ethernet cables are used to connect all the computers together in a LAN.

The network interface card is used to connect the computers to a computer network such as the LAN.

This lets portable devices connect to a LAN this includes WiFi or Bluetooth.

This is used to widen the range of the WiFi to widen the range of the LAN.

A wireless network interface card is a network interface controller which connects to a wireless radio-based computer network, rather than a wired network

The server is the computer which controls the LAN.

A switch is a computer networking device that connects devices together on a computer network by using packet switching to receive, process, and forward data to the destination.