Networks

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Mind Map on Networks, created by Leon Shaw on 06/07/2016.
Leon Shaw
Mind Map by Leon Shaw, updated more than 1 year ago
Leon Shaw
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Networks
  1. The Internet
    1. Devices needed to connect
      1. Modem
        1. Convert digital signals to analogue
          1. Digital Signals are from a computer
            1. Analogue signals are from a Phone lines
          2. Router
            1. A router allows you to connect several devices to the iternet
              1. Many routers incorporate a wireless Access Point (AP),
            2. Packets
              1. Types of Packets
                1. The IP (Internet Protocol) address it is going to
                  1. The IP address it has come from
                    1. The sequence number of the packet
                      1. The number of packets in the whole communication
                    2. Protocol
                      1. The set of rules is called a protocol
                        1. TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
                          1. Breaks up messages sent over the Internet into small chunks called packets
                            1. Reassembles the packets at the other end
                              1. Detects errors
                                1. Resends lost messages
                                2. IP (Internet Protocol)
                                  1. Routes the individual packets
                              2. Definition
                                1. inter-connected computer networks
                                2. How to connect
                                  1. PC --> Router --> Modem --> ISP --> Internet
                                3. Network topologies
                                  1. WAN
                                    1. communicate using resources supplied by a “third party carrier”
                                      1. uses cables, telephone lines, satellites and radio waves to connect
                                        1. Spread over a large area
                                        2. LAN
                                          1. single site such as a school
                                            1. Local Area Network
                                            2. Types of Lans
                                              1. Bus
                                                1. Ring
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