CS101

Network Setup

Parts of a network

• Everything on a network is called a ____

• Three main types of _____:– __________ Devices = Printers, Scanners, Etc – __________– __________ Equipment

__________ Devices

• Anything on the network that is not a computer or a network device– Printer , scanner, etc

Computers

• Computers on a network fall into two categories:– _______ = Computers on the network

dedicated to running some part of the network– ___________ ( _______) = Computers that are

part of the network that are not servers

Types of Servers

• ____ server = serves files to other computers on the network

• ____ server = serves web pages to other computers on the network

• _____ server = controls print jobs from the network heading to networked printers

• _____ server = handles email accounts and emails on a network

• etc

Types of workstation (or clients)

• ____ Client = Just a screen and a keyboard. All functions done by a computer somewhere else on the network

• ____ Client = Has some computer parts such as processor and RAM but is missing others such as a hard drive. Cannot function without using the network.

• ___ Client = Fully equipped computer that can function without the network

There is a new network approach

• ____-to-____ networking– Every computer on the network is part server

and part client– File sharing software uses this approach– How a home network is setup

Network Equipment

• ___ = Dumb device that takes a message in one port and sends a copy out of all other ports

• ______ = Smart device that takes a message in one port and only sends it out the port that is connected to the device that is suppose to get the message

• ______ = Smart device that takes a message in one port and only sends it out the port that is connected to the device that is suppose to get the message. It also allows information to travel between two different networks

What do you have when you have setup your home network?

• You have a ___

• ___ = Local Area Network = All the equipment is in the same physical area

What do you have when you hookup some LAN’s in the same city?

• You have a ___

• ___ = Metropolitan Area Network = LAN’s hooked together in the same city

What do you have when you hookup some LAN’s in different cities?

• You have a ___

• ___ = Wide Area Network = LAN’s hooked together in the different cities

What do you have when you hookup lots of LAN’s, MAN’s, and WAN’s?

• You have the ________

• _______ = Refers to the equipment that makes up the biggest network in the world