Networks

Networks

1. Advantages

   • Shared logins
   • Easy access
   • You can print things off from any device
   • School can monitors what kids are doing .
   • Login on any device

2. Disadvantages

   • If virus all computers don't work.
   • Expensive- extra hardware
   • Room for error
   • Maleware- viruses +bugs

3. Topolgies

   • Star
   • Ring
   • Bus topolgy
     • Advantages
       • Cheap
       • One network
       • One wire

4. Ring

   • Computers are connected too eachother in a ring
   • Communication only goes in one direction
   • No centralcable
   • Cheap

5. Bus

   • Cheap to install (only one wire needed)
   • High chance of collisions
   • catastrophic failure
   • Cheap to install

6. easy access

7. Lots of different networks

8. IP Address

   • Computers on a network also need too address to identify them.
   • It must be unique because files need too be sent too the right computers.
   • Must be unique