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COMPUTER NETWORKING
FUNDAMENTALS
Basic Concepts and Components of
Computer Networks
Why use
network?
Stand-alone computer
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Types of Networks
Models vary according to:
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Computer positioning
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Network models
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Peer-to-Peer
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Client/server
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Peer-to-Peer Network
Peer-to-Peer Networks
Advantages:
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Equal authority
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Peer-to-Peer Networks
Advantages
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Simple configuration
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Inexpensive to set up
Disadvantages
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Not flexible
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Peer-to-Peer Networks
Resource sharing method
Environments
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Client/Server Networks
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Client/Server Networks
Central computer (server)
Personal computers
Known as workstations
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Client/Server Networks
Computer roles
Server
Clients
Run local applications
Store data locally
Use server shared applications, data,
devices
Use server as intermediary
Communication
Switches or routers
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Client/Server Networks
Server requirement
Server examples
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Client/Server Networks
Server features relative to clients
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Client/Server Networks
Advantages relative to peer-to-peer
networks
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Comparison to LANs
Network connection
Separate offices
in different organizations
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Server
Workstation
Personal computer
May or may not be connected to network
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Server software
Ethernet NIC
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Node
Connectivity device
Group of nodes
Use same communications channel for
traffic
Backbone
Topology
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A LAN Backbone
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Common Network
Topologies
Data packets
Addressing
Transmission media
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Transmission Media
Most visible
File server
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Access Services
Allow remote user network connection
Allow network users to connect to
machines outside the network
Remote user
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Access Services
Provide LAN connectivity when WAN
connection is not cost-effective
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Communications Services
Convergence
Unified communications
Mail server
Communications Services
Additional tasks of mail servers
Intercept spam
Handle objectionable content
Route messages according to rules
Provide Web-based client
Notify administrators or users if certain events
occur
Schedule e-mail transmission, retrieval,
storage, maintenance functions
Communicate with mail servers on other
networks
Internet Services
Supplying Web pages
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Management Services
Small network management
Management Services
Other important services
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backbone
until
it
reaches
its
destination node.
Each end of a bus network must be
terminated with a resistor to keep the
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