Wired Networks
Posted on 30. Dec, 2008 by Robert in Network
We’ve gotten to the point where we have to set up a network.
There are 2 major types of networks, namely: a Wired network and a Wireless network.
What is a wired network?
A physical connection between two computers sharing data and resources.
Network cables must go from computer to computer or to a central device. Such as a Switch, router ect. It can be time-consuming and difficult to lay cables through the roof or walls. More so when computers are in different rooms or buildings.
A Network Cable is know as an Ethernet cable.
Ethernet was originally based on the idea of computers communicating over a shared coaxial cable acting as a broadcast transmission medium. The methods used show some similarities to radio systems, although there are fundamental differences, such as the fact that it is much easier to detect collisions in a cable broadcast system than a radio broadcast. The common cable providing the communication channel was likened to the ether and it was from this reference that the name “Ethernet” was derived.
From this early and comparatively simple concept, Ethernet evolved into the complex networking technology that today underlies most LANs. The coaxial cable was replaced with point-to-point links connected by Ethernet hubs and/or switches to reduce installation costs, increase reliability, and enable point-to-point management and troubleshooting. StarLAN was the first step in the evolution of Ethernet from a coaxial cable bus to a hub-managed, twisted-pair network. The advent of twisted-pair wiring dramatically lowered installation costs relative to competing technologies, including the older Ethernet technologies.
Wired networks are fairly cheap and very reliable. Cables are easily found in computer stores, Switches are cheap. So having a wired network would be inexpensive to set up.
As long as your cables are connected properly and there are no interference with the cables, your network will be very stable.
Cat5e (Category 5 E) cables can run at 100Mbs and even up to 1000Mbs nowadays. So speed and reliability are very good. But always needs to be plugged in.
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