NETWORKS

NETWORKS

1. Disadvantages

   • easy to hack into
   • if the hard drive goes down so does every thing else
   • Expensive

2. types of network

   • WAN- wide area network
   • LAN- local area networks
     • lots of LANS around

3. Advantages

   • you can share files on all different computers
   • logins and passwords save on all of the computers
   • you can print and connect to WIFI on any computer on the hard drive

4. Ring

   • it connects all the computer together by a server
     • advantages
       • A ring network is a circular network
   • Disadvanteges
     • A problem with ring is it could easily fail
   • easy access

5. Bus

   • Advantages
     • everything is connected equally
   • disadvantages
     • if one thing goes down the whole system does

6. star

   • everything is connected by a router
   • everything is fast
   • you can message twice as fast
   • easy access

7. IP addresses

   • its a value assigned to every computer device
   • its individual