Communications Hardware

Communications Hardware

1. transmits analogue or digital signals over wired or wireless channels

2. Switch a device that receives packets (transmissions) processes them and forwards them onto a specific device

3. Hub hardware device that connects multiple computers together in a network and allows them to share data packets

4. Router forwards packets between networks. Linked to at least two networks e.g. wide area network (WAN) or local area network (LAN) and internet service provider (ISP)

5. Modem converts' digital data from the computer into a continuous analogue wave form. Used to allow device to connect to internet

6. Hybrid network internet access, wireless and wired (LANs) have a fixed number of ethernet ports for wired devices and broadcasts Wi-Fi signals