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A computer network is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communications channels that allow sharing of resources and information. Computer networks for the home, small business and large organisation can be built using either wired or wireless technology. Wired network is one that uses cables to connect devices such as modem, routers and switch Wireless technology is the one which use to connect devices without wires technology Wired and wireless networking has advantages on the following key areas: Features Wired Network The networking of the wired home Networking Wireless networks The networking of the wireless networking is

networks are more faster as compared good and better for the future resources but it to other types of wireless networking is not faster as the wired home networking devices because they are able to devices. Wi-Fi is the common types of

provide the speed of more than 1000 wireless home network that can provide the Mbps Cost reliable working

We need many expenses to configure As compared to other wired devices it is easy to setup the wireless networking devices at the very low and at the reliable cost

Comparison or setup the wired home network. Because we need large money to spread the network of coaxial cables. Advantages More reliable Faster internet

You can Access internet from any place through hot pots

Transfer of data at a very faster speed No hassles of cables No need any kind of wiring for installation Cons It cannot provide mobile network Not very much reliable

Difficult to lay down the cables and it Only best for mobile devices such as Laptops looks very messy when install outside Not faster as compared to wired devices

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Which transmission media would have a greater start-up cost? Transmission media it is the pathway by which we connect physically the network computers with each other. The transmission media is classified in the cable wire and wireless media. WIRED MEDIA: cable media are in the form of 6 wires that helps in travelling the electricity or light. they are of three types: 1. Twisted pair cables 2. Co-axial cable 3. Fibre optical cable

TWISTED PAIR: Twisted-pair cable is a type of cabling that is used for telephone communications and most modern Ethernet networks. A pair of wires forms a circuit that can transmit data. The pairs are twisted to provide protection against crosstalk, the noise generated by adjacent pairs. Advantages

Speed and throughput10 to 1000 Mbps Average cost per nodeLeast expensive Media and connector sizeSmall Maximum cable length100 m (short

Coaxial Cable

Coaxial cable consists of a hollow outer cylindrical conductor that surrounds a single inner wire made of two conducting elements. One of these elements, located in the centre of the cable, is a copper conductor. Surrounding the copper conductor is a layer of flexible insulation.

advantages

Speed and throughput10 to 100 Mbps Average cost per nodeInexpensive Media and connector sizeMedium Maximum cable length500 m (medium)
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FIBRE OPTICAL CABLE

A technology that uses glass (or plastic) threads (fibers) to transmit data. A fiber optic cable consists of a bundle of glass threads, each of which is capable of transmitting messages modulated onto light waves. Advantages of fiber optics: 1. Extremely high bandwidth No other cable-based data transmission medium offers the bandwidth that fiber does. 2. Easy to accomodate increasing bandwidth Using many of the recent generations of fiber optic cabling, new equipment can be added to the inert fiber cable that can provide vastly expanded capacity over the originally laid fiber. DWDM, or Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing, lends fiber optic cabling the ability to turn various wavelengths of light traveling down the fiber on and off at will. These two characteristics of fiber cable enable dynamic network bandwidth provisioning to provide for data traffic spikes and lulls. 3. Resistance to electromagnetic interference Fiber has a very low rate of bit error (10 EXP-13), as a result of fiber being so resistant to electromagnetic interference. Fiber-optic transmission are virtually noise free. 4. Early detection of cable damage and secure transmissions Fiber provides an extremely secure transmission medium, as there is no way to detect the data being transmitted by listening in to the electromagnetic energy leaking through the cable, as is possible with traditional, electron-based transmissions. By constantly monitoring an optical network and by carefully measuring the time it takes light to reflect down the fiber, splices in the cable can be easily detected.

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Disadvantages of Fiber Optics: 1. Installation costs, while dropping, are still high Despite the fact that fiber installation costs are dropping by as much as 60% a year, installing fiber optic cabling is still relatively costly. As installation costs decrease, fiber is expanding beyond its original realm and major application in the carrier backbone and is moving into the local loop, and through technologies such as FTTx (Fiber To The Home, Premises, etc,) and PONs (Passive Optical networks), enabling subscriber and end user broadband access. 2. Special test equipment is often required The test equipment typically and traditionally used for conventional electron-based networking is of no use in a fiber optic network. Equipment such as an OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometer) is required, and expensive, specialized optical test equipment such as optical probes are needed at most fiber endpoints and connection nexuses in order to properly provide testing of optical fiber. 3. Susceptibility to physical damage Fiber is a small and compact cable, and it is highly susceptible to becoming cut or damaged during installation or construction activities. Because railroads often provide rights-of-way for fiber optic installation, railroad car derailments pose a significant cable damage threat, and these events can disrupt service to large groups of people, as fiber optic cables can provide tremendous data transmission capabilities. Because of this, when fiber optic cabling is chosen as the transmission medium, it is necessary to address restoration, backup and survivability. 4. Wildlife damage to fiber optic cables Many birds, for example, find the Kevlar reinforcing material of fiber cable jackets particularly appealing as nesting material, so they peck at the fiber cable jackets to utilize bits of that material. Beavers and other rodents use exposed fiber cable to sharpen their teeth and insects such as ants desire the plastic shielding in their diet, so they can often be found nibbling at the fiber optic cabling. Sharks have also been known to damage fiber optic cabling by chomping on it when laid underwater, especially at the repeating points. There is a plant called the Christmas tree plant that treats fiber optic cable as a tree root and wraps itself around the cable so tightly that the light impulses traveling down the fiber are choked off.

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Which transmission media do you think is the most secured?

On a very high level, it could be said that fibre optics is the most secure as it is the hardest to tap. Cable is a little more secure, as physical access is not hard to tap and sniff the passing traffic. Then there is wireless, it broadcasts point-to-point or well beyond the facility in all possible directions. Hence fibre optics is the best among all.

Do the walls in the building present a problem for a wireless network?

Does a wireless network present any health hazards?

reference http://hubtechinsider.wordpress.com/2009/06/04

http://www.ciscopress.com

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