NETWORKING MEANINGS

Networking Devices

Computer network devices also known as communication devices and they constitute a data communication network.  These devices are routers, switches, hubs, LAN cards, gateway, modems, hardware firewall, CSU/DSU, ISDN terminals and transceivers.  In an Ethernet or WAN network, the data communication cannot be performed without these devices.

What is tha Network?

A network consists of two or more computers that are linked in order to share resources (such as printers and CDs), exchange files, or allow electronic communications. The computers on a network may be linked through cables, telephone lines, radio waves, satellites, or infrared light beams.

OUTPUT DEVICE

MONITOR

PRINTER

SPEAKERS

HEADPHONE

CAMERA

PROJECTOR

PEN DRIVE

INPUT DEVICE

KEYBOARD

MOUSE

TACKPOINT

TRACKBALL

JOYSTICK

TOUCH SCREEN

SCANNER

Navigating a P2P Network
This diagram shows how a P2P network operates. The solid lines indicate physical, hard-wired network cables. The dotted lines indicate that each PC can communicate and share files with every other PC on such a network. A printer attached to one PC can be used by other PCs on the network—if that printer’s PC allows such use.

Ipv4-ipv6 variation

IPv4 = 32-bit address ≈ 4.3 billion possible entries

(IPv6 = 128-bit address = lots and lots of entries)