NETWORKING

FUNDAMENTAL
S
 WHAT IS DATA NETWORK

 A NETWORK IS A CONNECTED OF
DEVICES THAT CAN COMMUNICATE
WITH EACH OTHER. NETWORKS
CARRY DATA IN MANY KINDS OF
ENVIRONMENTS, INCLUDING HOMES,
SMALL BUSINESS, AND LARGE
ENTERPRISES
 NODES RESOURCE
 COMPUTER  FILES
 SERVER  PROGRAMS

 PRINTER  PROGRAMS

 WORKSTATION  DATABASE

NODES
 TELEPHONES LINE LEASED LINE FIBER
OPTICS
ICONS & SYMBOLS
 NETWORK SERVER
 COMPUTER THAT OFFERS SERVICES AND
RESOURCES TO CLIENTS, WORSTATION,
AND OTHER SERVERS OVER A NETWORK
 SERVERS ARE THE STRONGEST AND
FASTEST COMPUTERS IN A NETWORK
 COMMONLY HAVE MULTIPLE
PROCESSORS, LARGE AMOUNTS OF
HARDDRIVES AND RAMS
 NETWORK CLIENTS
 IS A DEVICE ON A COMPUTER NETWORK
THAT REQUEST SERVICES OR RESOURCES
FROM A SERVER CLIENTS CAN BE
PRINTERS SERVERS, OR ANY OTHER
DDEVICE CONNECTED TO THE COMPUTER
ON THE NETWORK
 MOST NETWORK CLIENTS ARE
WORKSTATION
 WORKSTATION
 COMPUTER THAT IS ABLE TO OPERATE
INDEPENDENTLY OF THE NETWORK AND
MANAGE ITS OWN FILES AND PROCESSING
 MOST COMPUTERS ARE STAND ALONE
WORKSTATION ABLE TO FUNCTION
WITHOUT A NETWORK
 CONNECTED TO NETWORKS TO ACCESS
RESOURCES, ADD SECURITY AND
CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT
NETWORKING: INTERNET
 THE INTERNET IS A BIG COLLECTION OF
COMPUTERS LINKED BY CABLES.
 SOME LINKS ARE SMALL AS YOUR PHONE
LINE. SOME ARE HUGE UNDERSEA CABLES,
CAPABLE OF CARRYING THOUSAND OF
TELEPHONE CALLS AND DATA
CONVERSATIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE
INTERNET IS JUST A HUGE COMPUTER
NETWORK.
DATA NETWORK CONSIDERATIONS

 SPEED
 COST
 SECURITY
 AVAILABILITY
 SCALABILITY
 RELIABILITY
 TOPOLOGY