Sunday, May 13, 2012
LOCAL AREA NETWORK
A local area network (LAN) is a computer
network covering a small geographic area, like a home, office, or groups of
buildings e.g. a school.
LAN configurations consist
of:
§ A file server - stores all of the software that controls the
network, as well as the software that can be shared by the computers attached
to the network.
§ A workstation - computers connected to the file server (Mac or
PCs). These are less powerful than the file server
§ Cables - used to connect the network interface cards in each
computer.
Ethernet over unshielded twisted pair cabling, and Wi-Fi are the
two most common technologies currently for LAN, but ARCNET, Token
Ring and many others have been used in the past. Usually
LAN offers a bandwidth of 10 to 100 Mbps.
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