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CNET 203 – NETWORK AND DATA COMMUNICATION

NETWORK CATEGORIES

1. Local Area Network (LAN) – A number of computers in close proximity


linked together through a network media.

2. Personal Area Network (PAN) is the computer network that connects


computers/devices within the range of an individual person. As PAN
provides a network range within a person’s range typically within a range
of 10 meters(33 feet) it is called a Personal Area Network.

A Personal Area Network typically involves a computer, phone, tablet,


printer, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) and other and other
entertainment devices like speakers, video game consoles, etc.

3.Campus Area Network (CAN ) is a group of interconnected Local Area


Networks (LAN) within a limited geographical area like school campus,
university campus, military bases, or organizational campuses and
corporate buildings etc. A Campus Area Network is larger than Local Area
Network but smaller than Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) and Wide Area
Network (WAN).

This Campus Area Network also called as Corporate Area Network.


Sometimes this network is also referred as Residential Network or ResNet as
it is only used by residents of specific campus only. Campus Area Network
is network of interconnected Local Area Networks where these LANs are
connected via Switches and routers and create a single network like CAN.
Campus Area Network covers areas of around 1 to 5 km range and it can be
both wired or wireless connectivity.

2. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) – A network larger than a local area


network, but smaller than a wide area network. MAN spans a single city
or metropolitan area.

3. Wide Area Network (WAN) – A network typically spanning multiple cities


or countries.

NETWORK TOPOLOGY

1. BUS – A network topology in which all computers are connected by a


single length of cabling with a terminator at each end to prevent an
open loop condition.
2. STAR – A network topology in which all the cables run from the
computers to a central location, where they are connected by a switch
or a hub.

3. RING – A network topology in which computers are arranged in a circle.


Data travels around the ring in one direction, with each device on the
ring acting as a repeater. Ring networks use a token-passing protocol.

4. STAR BUS – is simply several stars networks connected by a bus


network.

5. STAR RING – the computers are connected by a hub as in a star network.


The hubs are wired internally to form a ring network.

6. MESH - A network topology that has redundant data paths between nodes.

DEVICES USED IN NETWORKING.


1. REPEATER – a network connectivity device that amplifies network
signals to extend the distance they can travel.

2. BRIDGE – A network device that selectively determines the appropriate


segment to which it should pass the signal.

3. MODEM – a network device that converts the digital communications of a


computer into analog signals that can be carried over a regular
telephone line.

4. ROUTER – A network device that routes using logical and physical


addressing to connect two or more logically separate networks.

5. Switch / Hub – A network device that brings media segments together in


a central location. The switch or hub is the central controlling
device in a star network.
The two main types of Hub:

1. Active hub – a hub that amplifies transmissions signal and sends


them to all the computers connected to it. This type of hub is
often called a multiport repeater.

2. Passive Hubs – A hub that simplify combines the signals of network


segments with no signal processing or regeneration.

6. Network Interface Cards (NIC) – Also called network adapter card or


network card, a device that allows a computer to communicate on a
network.

7. Transceiver – a network device use to convert the parallel signals on


the computer bus serial signals that can be transmitted on a network.

8. Transceiver Cable - a cable connecting a computer's network interface


card (NIC) to a transceiver attached to a thicknet cable in Standard
Ethernet.

10. BNC connector - A group of connectors used for joining thinnet cable
segments together and for connecting thinnet cabling to 10Base2 network
cards.

Connector

A Connector is a device that terminates a segment of cabling or provides a


point of entry for networking devices such as computers, hubs, and routers.

THE VARIOUS TYPES OF BNC CONNECTORS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

1). BNC cable connector - Soldered or crimped to the ends of a thinnet


cable.

2). BNC T-connector - Used to connect a network interface card (NIC) to


a thinnet cable segment

3). BNC barrel connector - Used to connect two pieces of thinnet cable.

4). BNC terminator - Provides a 50-ohm termination for the free end of a
thinnet cable.

Examples of different types of connectors include:

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