L1 networking basics
- 2. Learning Outcomes • Be able to compare local area networking with standalone operation. • Describe the operations of bus, ring and star networks and compare the advantages and disadvantages • Be able to compare local area networking with standalone operation.
- 3. Network Basics • What is a ‘stand alone’ computer? • What is a network? • Why would someone want to create a network instead of having a group of stand alone computers?
- 4. Network Topology What are the names of the three main types of network?
- 5. Your Task You will need to create a 4 slide presentation, one for each type of network and one summary. One each slide you should have • Advantages, • Disadvantages • Hardware required • Diagram of each
- 6. Task 2 • You will need to describe these terms; – Each of the items of hardware included in a network – Network segment (why are local-area networks based on a bus topology are segmented?) – Peer-to-peer networking – Server-based networking – The differences between an networked computer and stand alone computer (including advantages and disadvantages of each)