Networking
Computers have moved from being computation devices to
becoming powerful communication devices linked through networks.The Internet
is one such network of computer that can communicate worldwide with one
another by the way of phone lines and other connections. When information
is sent over the Internet it is broken into packets, sent over the quickest
route possible, and then reassembled at the end of the journey. The size
of your files and the volume of data you connection can transfer will determine
how fast your computer can send or receive information.
NETWORK - ETHERNET
-share internet connection
share computer drives
share devices
stream audio and video from PC to PC
play multiplayer games
1) Install Ethernet cards and drives on each pc to be
networked
2)Identify each computer on network. Click start >control
panel > performance and Maintainance > click system, > click computer name
> add computer name > type in a workgroup name > click ok
TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol (language computers
use to communicate)
DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
+let router temporarilly assign IP address to a computer
on the network
IP = Internet Protocol; address number identifies a computer
on the network.
Subnet mask: number that identifies what subnet/work the
computer is on (same number for all computers on a home network)
DHCP Server; To use TCP/IP protocol on each computer with
router or accesspoint router. Set protocol to "Obtain a IP address from
DHCP server.
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