networks

networks

1. network types

   • wan
     • other people cam join more lan neatwork
       • A lot of people can use it
     • wide area network over more neatworks
     • can be used in any country
       • So it it no just the one country that can have it
   • lan
     • local area network over one network
       • disinvanchages with lan
         • it couvers a small grographic area. a viruse can be spreaded more easaly
       • price is cheeper

2. topology

   • ring
   • bus
     • it is a data path on the motherbord
   • star
     • itis the same as a lan local area network
   • network topolagy is the arragamentof computers and other elements of a network

3. lan is alot cheeper but if one of the computers starts to play up beacuse of it you cant just reolace that bit you have to replace it all were as if you gp for the exprnsive one you can replace judt that one bit

4. IP Adress

   • an IP Adress is a unique value assigned to every computer on the network used to identify with it
   • Messages on a network have an Ip Adress attached which is how a computer knoes whether or not to keep the message