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Computer Networking (Basics)
Computer Networking (Basics)
Computer Networking (Basics)
Router
Switch
Wireless Network
The Internet
Navigation
Network Diagram
Network Types
- WAN
- LAN
- Peer to Peer
Fiber Optic Cable
Switches and Hubs
Servers
- IP Addresses
Topologies The simplest definition of the Internet
- Star
- Bus is that it's a network of computer
- Ring networks
Firewalls
Routers
Wireless Networks
The Internet
References
The Internet
Navigation How Information Travel Through the Internet
Network Diagram
Network Types A page on the Internet—whether it's full of words,
- WAN images or both—doesn't come to you in one shipment.
- LAN It's translated into digital information, chopped into 1500
- Peer to Peer byte pieces called PACKETS, and sent to you like a
Fiber Optic Cable puzzle that needs to be reassembled. Each part of the
Switches and Hubs packet has a specific function:
Servers
Sequence ID
- IP Addresses ID’s where the information
Topologies Header belongs in relation to the
Provides the rest of the information
- Star complete
- Bus destination
- Ring address for the
End of Message
packet
Firewalls ID’s the end of the
packet
Routers
Wireless Networks
Data Block
The Internet The portion of the overall
References information carried by the packet
The Internet
Navigation How Information Travel Through the Internet
Network Diagram
Network Types When you connect to a Web site through an ISP and start
- WAN exchanging information, there isn't a fixed connection
- LAN between your computer and the Web server computer
- Peer to Peer hosting the Web site. Instead, information is exchanged
Fiber Optic Cable using the best possible path at that particular time.
Switches and Hubs Special computers called routers determine these paths,
Servers avoiding slow links and favoring fast ones.
- IP Addresses
Topologies
- Star
- Bus
- Ring
Firewalls
Routers
Wireless Networks
The Internet Your ISP Web
Computer Routers Servers
References