Network Know How Better Living through Chemistry
How a Network Will Improve Your Life connect the computers and allow them to share Metcalfe’s Law. Every network has the following elements in common Two or more objects, or nodes, that use the network to connect them A set of communication channels that carry something—speech, TV shows, computer data— between or among nodes
elements in common: A set of rules that controls network traffic every network has a maximum carrying capacity every node on a network has a name Sneakernet
Data Networks and What You Can Do with Them input/output ports or I/O ports File Sharing
The files and folders
Sharing an Internet Connection A gateway router provides a connection between a local area network and the Internet
Share Share Share Instant Messages Sharing Printers and Other Hardware Home Entertainment Video Cameras and Home Security Devices Home Automation
Types of Network Connections Every computer connected to a network must follow a set of rules ASCII is fine for text Packets and Headers
A data packet
NOTE Error Checking Handshaking and Overhead Ethernet Legacy Systems & Other Alternative Wiring Methods Wi-Fi Powerline Networks
Notes DTE and DCE Equipment LAN and Point-to-Point Networks
Notes Ad Hoc Wi-Fi Infrared FireWire (IEEE 1394) Connections Through a Telephone Line Remote Terminals Clients and Servers
Print Servers
Hubs, Switches, and Routers Connect any pair of nodes
Token Ring
Star
Mesh
Hubs and Switches
Switches
LANs and WANs
Bridges and Routers