Network

Network

1. Local Area Network

   • Advantages
     • You can share peripherals such as expensive printers
   • Hardware needed
     • Router
       • A piece of hardware that connects all devices together
     • Wireless access point (WAP)
     • Switch
     • Network interface card
   • Devices connected over a small geographical area
   • Ways to connect to LAN
     • Ethernet
       • Advantages
         • Faster data transfer speed compared to wifi
         • Can be more securer than wifi
       • Disadvantages
         • Shorter range
         • Cabling cost money
     • WIFI
       • Disadvantages
         • Slower data transfer speed
         • Can be less secure if not encrypted
       • Advantages
         • Longer WIFI range compared to ethernet
         • Can be used for portable devices compared to ethernet
       • Wireless connection
   • Disadvantages
     • Cannot be used if you are far away from it

2. WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network)

   • Paring peripheral devices to a computer system over a short range
   • Advantages
   • Ways to connect to a WPAN

3. WAN (Wide Area Network)

   • Advantages
   • Hardware needed to connect to a WAN
   • A collection of networks that are connected over