COM 309: Wireless Networking Protocols
A computer network is a communication system that links together devices referred as “Nodes.” These devices are connected using communication channels. A communication channel is assigned to a medium used to transport information from one network device to another, such as wired channels and wireless channels (Parsons, 2016).
A primary system is made up of at least two computing devices either wired or wireless points of connection; these points are “network ports.” There are usually one network hub or network switch that permits their interconnection. The most standard “wired” computer networks are known as “Ethernet.” This is made-up of UTP (unshielded twisted pair) cables, and just about all personal computers have a UTP Ethernet Network port as standard. The printer also comes with an Ethernet port, making it easily shared amongst the user of a network. Other wired channels are coaxial cable used for cable T.V, Category 6 cables used for LANs, and fiber optic cables used for high-capacity trunk lines. Most local area networks (LAN) are used in small businesses network. Wired networks are much more secure than wireless networks. The Computer Age has shifted from a traditional industry to an economy is formed on information computerization. The arrival of the computer age is associated with the Digital Revolution. Today, the internet has generated attritions from billions of people and industries worldwide it is now a global cultural
1)A network is when two or more computers are connected together and are able to share data and communication.
If you were implementing a low-cost wireless network that had to cover a very large area and support only a few users, the use of 802.11g technology would be a very good option. 11g technology operates at the 2.4Ghz range which allows for access points to provide signals up to 300 feet. The 2.4GHz signal also has lower rates of signal loss from obstructions. This means that a fewer number of AP's would need to be purchased for complete are coverage. Also, by providing throughput of up 54Mbps it could easily support bandwidth needs of multiple users who require minimal bandwidth. This would be the case of a warehouse or large department store where the applications would not place major demands on network resources.
When setting up a LAN the architecture that you decide to choose is important. There are several factors that are decided when choosing said architecture, some of these being network speeds, types of cables, and access control mechanisms like collision detection (Team, 2011). The most common on in today’s LANs is Ethernet. These can be either wireless, wired, or a hybrid of both.
Ethernet is typically the technology that is used to allow computers locally to communicate with one another. Computers that are close to each other they are connected by Ethernet.
Computer Network: A LAN (local area network) that connects computers in a house, at school or at work.
This created physical connection between PC’s and the network line. Connected data’s are transporting data’s through the network. Cable is a medium through which information usually moves to one network to another network.
LANs standards and protocols are Ethernet, IEEE 802.2 [IEEE 802.3, 100BaseT, Token Ring/IEEE 802.5 and FDDI.
Third, there is a set of software that allows the computer to send data across this network. There are a lot
A NIC or network interface controller is a physical component that connects a computer to a computer network. The NIC allows for communication between devices using a specific physical and data layer standard such as Ethernet, Fibre channel and Wi-Fi. These provide the basis for a full protocol stack, which allow communication between computers on the same local area network (LAN) or on large scale networks using protocols such as internet protocol (IP) The NIC can be both a physical and data link layer device, as it provides physical access to a network using cables and uses MAC addresses that are uniquely assigned to network interfaces, for devices to recognise one another.
To gain a wireless connection you will need a router/ modem, wireless enabled device and then you need to connect that device to the router.
A network is just a bunch of computers with wires running between them. Properly implemented, a network is a system that provides its clients with unique capabilities, above and beyond what the individual machines and their software applications can provide.
A wireless network is any type of computer network that uses wireless data connections for connecting network nodes .Wireless networking is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and enterprise (business).Installations avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment locations. Wireless telecommunications networks are generally implemented and administered using radio communication. This implementation takes place at the physical level (layer) of the OSI model network structure.
Physical media is what physically connects the computers connected on the internet. For this network two physical media will be used to allow access to the application layers of the system. The coaxial cables will be used to create a WAN. While a wireless protocol will be used in allowing users to roam within the network. A LAN will be represented as follows;
A computer network is a network that consist of two or more computers that are able to share information between them or their users. There are a large variety of different networks and the advantages or disadvantages are strongly related to the type of network we choose.
There are four basic types of connection media that are used for connecting separate computers together on the same computer network. Both categories are copper cabling, fiber optic cabling, wireless signal, and infrared signals. The first two types of connection media on our lives are known as bounded network media because they both use wire of some sort in order to connect or bound one computer to another on a network. Copper cables are the most commonly used of the four types of network connection media. Copper cabling sends data in binary format from one computer system on a network to another through the use of electrical signals. Fiber optic cabling follows copper cabling when it comes to frequency of use. Fiber optic cable has a completely different configuration for transferring binary data across the network from one computer system to another computer system. Unlike copper cable fiber optic cable does not use electrical signals when encoding binary data instead it transmits the data as pulses of light. Fiber optic cables transmit the binary data as light pulses in a similar fashion to the way copper cables use electrical pulses to transmit binary data. The next two types of connection media are known as unbounded network media due to the fact that they do not use any type of physical wiring to connect the different computer systems on a