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1.5 LAN CONNECTIVTY HARDWARE (WORKSTATION (NAME GIVEN TO A SINGLE COMPUTER…
1.5 LAN CONNECTIVTY HARDWARE
ROUTER
ACTS AS A JUNCTION BETWEEN OR MORE NETWORKS TO TRANSFER DATA PACKET AMONG THEM
ARE CONNECTORS THAT ARE YSED TO LINK DIFFERENR NETWORK TOGETHER
CAN DIECT OR ROUTE INFORMATION TO THE CORRECT DESTINATION
SWITCH
A SWITCH DOES ESSENTIALLY WHAT A HUB DOES BUT MORE EFFICIENTLY
BY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TRAFFIC THAT COMES IT, IT CAN "LEARN" WHERE PARTICULAR ADDRESS ARE
Eg : IF IT SEES TRAFFIC FROM MORE MACHINE A COMING IN ON PORT , IT NOW KNOWS A CIS CONNECTED TO THAT PORT AND THAT TRAFFIC TO MACHINE A NEED TO ONLY BE SENT TO THAT PORT AND NOT ANY OF THE OTHERS
BRIDGES
IS A BETTER VERSION OF THE REPEATER
SERVER TO CONNECT TWO NETWORK SEGMENTS AND ALSO BE ABLE TO SEND TRAFFIC FROM ONE SEGMENT TO ANOTHER SEGMENT
ALSO USED TO DISTRIBUTE THE NETWORK TO SMALL PARTS
HUB
COMMON CONNECTION POINT FOR DEVICE AND USED TO CONNECT SEGMENT OF A LUN
A HUB CONTAIN MULTIPLE POINT
LEAST EXPENSIVE,LEAST INTELLIGENT. ITS JOB VERY SIMPLE ANYTHING THAT COMES ONE PORT IS SENT OUT TO THE OTHER
MODEM
SHORT FOR MODulator/DEModulator
IS A HARDWARE DEVICES TNAT ENABLE TO A COMPUTER TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE INFORMATION OVER TELEPHONES LINES
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONVERTING THE DIGITAL DATA USED BY COMPUTER INTO AN ANALOG SIGNAL USED ON PHONE LINES AND THEN CONVERT IT BACK ONCE RECEIVED ON THE OTHER SEND
WORKSTATION
NAME GIVEN TO A SINGLE COMPUTER THAT IS CONNECTED TO ANOTHER COMPUTER OR NETWORK
WORKSTATION HAS NO IMPORTANT FUNCTION AND IS NOT NECESSITY FOR A NETWORK TO OPERATE
IS ONLY NEEDED FOR A SINGLE USER RO CONNECT TO THE NETWORK AND TO FUNCTION AT THEIR JOB OR SCHOOL
ALMOST ALL USER WHO WORK ON A COMPUTER AT THEIR WORK OR AT THEIR SCHOOL ARE USING A WORKSTATION
REPEATER
IS CONNECTER THAT TAKES A SIGNAL THAT IS BEING TRANSFERRED ON A NETWORK AND RE-TRANSMIT THE INFORMATION
REPEATERS ALLOW SIGNALS TO TRAVEL FARTHER ALONG A NETWORK
USED TO EXTEND THE LENGTH OF TRANSMISSION MEDIA, SUCH AS CABBIES, WHICH CONNECTS COMPUTER DEVICE TOGETHER ON NETWORK
ESPECIALLY USED IN AREAS WHERE LONG LENGTHS OF CABBIES ARE REQUIRED TO CONNECT THE COMPUTER DEVICES TOGETHER SUCH AS A NETWORK
GATEWAY
A NODE ON A NETWORK THAT SERVES AS AN ENTRANCE TO ANOTHER NETWORK
IN ENTERPRISE, THE GATEWAY IS THE COMPUTER THAT ROUTES THE TRAFFIC FROM A WORKSTATION TO THE OUTSIDE NETWORK THAT IS SERVING WEB PAGES
IN HOMES, THE GATEWAY IS THE ISP
NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS(NIC)
NIC PROVIDES THE PHYSICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE NETWORK AND THE COMPUTER WORKSTATION
MOST NIC ARE INTERNAL, WITH THE CARD FITTING INTO AN EXPANSION SLOT INSIDE THE COMPUTER SLOT
NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS ARE A MAJOR FACTOR IN DETERMINING THE SPEED AND PERFORMANCE A NETWORK
VARIOUS TYPES OF NIC
ON -BOARD NIC
WIRELESS NIC