Networks

Networks

1. Types of networks

   • Lan
   • Wan

2. Topolegies

   • bus
     • Advantages
       • cheap to install
       • Only one wire needed
     • Disadvantages
       • High chance of catostrophic desaster
       • High chance of collision
       • The network gets slower as it get bigger
   • Ring
     • Advantages
       • Cheap to install
       • No collisions
     • Disivantages
       • Expensive
       • Depends on a swich
   • star
     • Advantages
       • Low chance of faliure
       • No collisions
     • Disadvantages
       • It is expensive
       • Depends on a swich

3. IP Address

   • Is an address with an unique value assigned to every computer on a network, used to identify it.

4. Internet

   • mesh topoligy
     • where a node is connected to more than one node
   • packets
     • data spilt up into small packets
   • rooting
     • The root the data is going to take