Networks

Networks

1. Advantages

2. Disadvantages

   • They can be expensive to maintain and setup

3. Types

   • Ring
     • Advantages
       • Cheap to setup
     • Disadvantages
   • Star
     • Disadvantages
       • Expensive to install
     • Advantages
       • Direct accses to the file server
   • Bus
     • Disadvantages
     • Advantages
       • Cheap to setup

4. Disadvantages

   • Hackers may gain acsess to the network.
   • A virus can spread through a network quickly
   • They can be expensive to setup and to maintain

5. Advantages

6. Components

   • Switch
     • A device that filters data packets and forwards them between segments of the network
   • Network Interface Card
     • Computer hardware generally installed inside the computer or peripheral
   • Gateway
     • A system to allow a LAN to connect with a WAN such as the internet
   • Router
     • A device that forwards data packets along a network They determine the best path for forwarding the packets
   • Bridge
     • Connects LAN to another LAN

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