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Network hardware components: routers, switches, WAPs, NICs
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- 1Wireless Access Point (WAP)Allows for wireless devices to connect to a network (either LAN or WAN)
Includes connections through Wifi and Bluetooth. - 2RouterRouters are devices that send packets between networks and make decisions about the route the data should take.
- 3SwitchSwitches only send packets of data to the intended destination (not every connected node like a hub used to)
- 4Network Interface Card/Controller (NIC)NICs, present on all devices connected to a network, provides the electronic signals for sending messages and receiving incoming signals.
- 5Transmission MediaUnshielded twisted pair(UTP)
Ethernet (Cat 5e / Cat 6)
A networking standard
Fibre optic
Very fast cable but also more expensive (Often used with Wan or larger LANs)
Coaxial Cable
An older networking standard
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