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Lecture 6

The document provides an overview of essential networking hardware components, including Network Interface Cards (NICs), repeaters, hubs, and switches. NICs facilitate data transmission between computers, while repeaters extend network range by amplifying signals. Hubs connect multiple computers but share bandwidth, whereas switches provide dedicated bandwidth to each connected device.

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Lecture 6

The document provides an overview of essential networking hardware components, including Network Interface Cards (NICs), repeaters, hubs, and switches. NICs facilitate data transmission between computers, while repeaters extend network range by amplifying signals. Hubs connect multiple computers but share bandwidth, whereas switches provide dedicated bandwidth to each connected device.

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Computer Network

Yasser Nawzad
Hardware, Software Networks

 Network Interface Card (NIC)


 Repeater
 Hub
 Switch
 Routers
 WAP
 Bridge
Hardware, Software Networks

Network Interface Card (NIC)

 NIC provides the physical interface between


computer and cabling.

 It prepares data, sends data, and controls the


flow of data. It can also receive and translate
data into bytes for the CPU to understand.
 For two computers to send and receive data, the
cards must agree on several things. These include
the following:

- The maximum size of the data frames.

- The amount of data sent before giving


confirmation.

- The time needed between transmissions.

- The speed at which data transmits.


Repeaters

 Repeaters are very simple devices. They allow a


cabling system to extend beyond its maximum allowed
length by amplifying the network voltages so they
travel more.

 Repeaters are nothing more than amplifiers and, as


such, are very cheap devices.
Repeaters
Hubs

 Hubs are devices used to link several computers


together.
 They repeat any signal that comes in on one port and
copy it to the other ports (a process that is also called
broadcasting).
 There are two types of hubs: active and passive.

 Passive hubs simply connect all ports together


electrically.
 Active hubs use electronics to amplify and clean up
the signal before it is broadcast to the other ports.
Hubs
Switch

 A network switch is a computer networking device that connects


network segments.
 Switches appear nearly identical to network hubs, but a switch
contains more "intelligence" (and higher price) than a network hub.

 The main difference between a hub and a switch is that all the
nodes connected to a hub share the bandwidth among themselves,
while a device connected to a switch port has the full bandwidth
all to itself.

 For example, if 10 nodes are communicating using a hub on a 10-


Mbps network, then each node may only get a portion of the 10
Mbps if other nodes on the hub want to communicate as well. But
with a switch, each node could possibly communicate at the full 10
Mbps.
Switch

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