Bao Luu
Frank Childress
Fund of Networking Tech
13 April, 2017
Chapter Summaries In chapter one it is a general overview of the components and hardware that are necessary for a computer to function. The four major components for a computer to run are the motherboard, hard drive, RAM, and BIOS/CMOS. After assembling the computer, the next step will be obtaining workstations and network servers. For an example the workstations include Windows, Linux, UINX, and Mac OS. The OS is an a very essential because it provides many critical services including a user interface, memory management, file system, and an interface to a computer’s hardware device. To be able to connect to the internet a NIC must be provided. The NIC provides a connection between the computer and the network. After implanting the NIC there will be a need for a network medium, for an example an ethernet cable or a wireless
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There are broad categories of cables copper wire and fiber optic. The main differences between the two are composition of signals, speed at which signals can be sent, and the distance the signals can effectively travel. There are a lot of things to factor when choosing a network media for an example bandwidth rating, maximum segment length, interference, cable grade, and ease of installation. Now to understand the difference types of cabling. The first one is unshielded twisted-pair cable and are used for most networks. While the shielded twisted-pair cable is used for noisy environments or very high-bandwidth. Lastly is the fiber-optic cable which are bits transmitted as pulses of light instead of electricity. Fiber-optic cables are also immune to electrical interference and high secured. But sometimes wiring isn’t cost efficient so they opted into wireless networking which is a lot more affordable. Not only is it cost efficient it establishes backup or contingency connectivity for existing wired