Basic Component of a Computer Network
Workstation
switch
router
Server
An individual unit which can be used by a person on a computer network
Ex: file server, print server.
Laptops
Ex: Smart Switch, KVM switch, Poe Switch
Desktops
Tablets
Phones
Printers
Consider workstations as pages of a book while the computer network is the book itself
Sever is a computer that manages network resources, software and file.
connects local area network to the internet
A hardware device that filter and forwards network packets - this is router Sure?
The main system that every single workstation in a computer network is connected to.
A work station is called a laptop too.
click to edit
Clients can connect to a server through a either a local area network or a wide area network
Routers provide security and allow multiple devices to be connected while a switch can't