Networks

Networks

1. Advantages

   • Updates
   • Saved Files
   • Consist User Expirience
   • Printing

2. LAN

   • A network in a small area or single organisation.

3. WAN

   • A network that spans a large area or multiple organisations.

4. Disadvantages

   • Malware
   • Expensive
   • Difficult

5. Typology

   • RING
     • Advantages
       • Cheap to install
       • No collisions
     • Disadvantages
       • High chance of catastrophic failure
       • Difficult to add new computers
   • BUS
     • Advantages
       • Cheap
     • Disadvantages
       • catastrophic failure
       • collisions
   • STAR
     • Advantages
       • Fast
       • Easy to add new computers
       • Low chance of catastrophic failure
     • Disadvantages
       • Expensive
       • Failure of the switch will take down the network
   • • IP Address
       • IP stands for Internet protocol.
       • Two types of IP
         • External
         • Internal
       • An IP Address is a unique value assigned to every computer on a network, used to identify it
       • The IP Address is a 32-bit binary value.