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Networking ComponentsStarla Wachsmann
COMPUTER NETWORKING COMPONETS
• Today’s wireless and enterprise networks are more complex than ever, delivering
rich data such as video, voice traffic, content at any time, and on any device.
HUB• In order to connect more than two
computers together, a device that distributes packets, or bocks of data.
• Hubs are a basic device.
• Cost range from $6 to $100
SWITCH• A switch is a device that distributes
packets, or blocks of data, between computers in a network.
• Switches function in a similar fashion to hubs but more efficient.
• Cost range from $100 and up
ROUTER• A router is a device that joins two different
networks together.
• Home networks usually employ routers to connect to the internet.
• Cost range from $30 to a $100
BRIDGE• A bridge device filters data traffic at a
network boundary.
• Bridges reduce the amount of traffic on a LAN by dividing it into two segments.
• Cost range from $80 to $300
GATEWAY• The link between two computers to
connect to the internet or another network called gateway.
• The gateway works like a portal among two programs by means communications between protocol.
• Cost range from $40 to $200
FIREWALL• Network security system that controls
incoming and outgoing network traffic based on applied rule set.
• Cost range from $100 to $20,000
• Ranges from zero to a significant amount.
WIRELESS AP
• Wireless access point (APs or WAPs) are specially configured nodes on wireless local area networks. (WLANs).
• Cost range from $150.00 to over $900.