MIS420-Chapter 1 Network Basics
What is a Network?
: two or more computers connected together
Types of Networks
: LAN - Local Area Network; WAN - Wide Area Network
Why Network?
: share resources (files, hardware, sofware), communicate
Servers and Clients
:
Servers - provide access to services
Clients (workstations) - computers that use the services
Kinds of Networks
- Real networks - Client/Server
- Fake networks - Zero-slot networks (Laplink, Internlink)
- Peer-to-peer networks
What's needed for a Network
- Network Interface cards (NICs)
- Network Cable (coaxial, twisted-pair, fiber-optic)
- Network Hub
- Network Software
Network Manager
: network administrator / supervisor
