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Network Know How. Better Living through Chemistry. How a Network Will Improve Your Life. connect the computers and allow them to share Metcalfe’s Law . Every network has the following elements in common Two or more objects, or nodes , that use the network to connect them
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Network Know How Better Living through Chemistry
How a Network Will Improve Your Life • connect the computers and allow them to share • Metcalfe’s Law. • Every network has the following elements in common • Two or more objects, or nodes, that use the network to connect them • A set of communication channels that carry something—speech, TV shows, computer data—between or among nodes
elements in common: • A set of rules that controls network traffic • every network has a maximum carrying capacity • every node on a network has a name • Sneakernet
Data Networks and What You Can Do with Them • input/output ports or I/O ports • File Sharing
Sharing an Internet Connection • A gateway router provides a connection between a local area network and the Internet
Share Share Share • Instant Messages • Sharing Printers and Other Hardware • Home Entertainment • Video Cameras and Home Security Devices • Home Automation
Types of Network Connections • Every computer connected to a network must follow a set of rules • ASCII is fine for text • Packets and Headers
NOTE • Error Checking • Handshaking and Overhead • Ethernet • Legacy Systems & Other Alternative Wiring Methods • Wi-Fi • Powerline Networks
Notes • DTE and DCE Equipment • LAN and Point-to-Point Networks
Notes • Ad Hoc Wi-Fi • Infrared • FireWire (IEEE 1394) • Connections Through a Telephone Line • Remote Terminals • Clients and Servers
Hubs, Switches, and Routers • Connectany pair of nodes