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    A peer-to-peer (P2P) network connects computers directly to each other, without needing a central server. P2P networks can be small connections between a few computers sharing files and printers locally, or larger networks connecting many computers over the internet. In a P2P network, each computer acts both as a client accessing other computers' resources, and as a server providing its own resources to other computers on the network. Users must explicitly enable sharing of files, folders, printers, and other resources for other users on the network to access them.

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    A peer-to-peer (P2P) network connects computers directly to each other, without needing a central server. P2P networks can be small connections between a few computers sharing files and printers locally, or larger networks connecting many computers over the internet. In a P2P network, each computer acts both as a client accessing other computers' resources, and as a server providing its own resources to other computers on the network. Users must explicitly enable sharing of files, folders, printers, and other resources for other users on the network to access them.

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    Quickly Understand Peer-to-Peer Networks

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    A peer-to-peer (P2P) network connects computers directly to each other, without needing a central server. P2P networks can be small connections between a few computers sharing files and printers locally, or larger networks connecting many computers over the internet. In a P2P network, each computer acts both as a client accessing other computers' resources, and as a server providing its own resources to other computers on the network. Users must explicitly enable sharing of files, folders, printers, and other resources for other users on the network to access them.

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    QuickStudy: Peer-to-Peer Network

    In its simplest form, a peer-to-peer (P2P) network is created when two or more PCs are connected and share resources without going through a separate server computer. A P2P network can e an ad hoc connection!a couple of computers connected via a "niversal #erial $us to transfer files. A P2P network also can e a permanent infrastructure that links a half-do%en computers in a small office over copper wires. &r a P2P network can e a network on a much grander scale in which special protocols and applications set up direct relationships among users over the Internet. 'he initial use of P2P networks in usiness followed the deplo(ment in the earl( )*+,s of freestanding PCs. In contrast to the minimainframes of the da(, such as the -# s(stem from .ang /a oratories Inc., which served up word processing and other applications to dum terminals from a central computer and stored files on a central hard drive, the then-new PCs had selfcontained hard drives and uilt-in CP"s. 'he smart o0es also had on oard applications, which meant the( could e deplo(ed to desktops and e useful without an um ilical cord linking them to a mainframe.
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    1an( workers felt li erated ( having dedicated PCs on their desktops. $ut soon the( needed a wa( to share files and printers. 'he o vious solution was to save files to a flopp( disk and carr( the disk to the intended recipient or send it ( interoffice mail. Sneaker Nets 'hat practice resulted in the term 2sneaker net.2 'he most fre3uent endpoint of a t(pical sneaker net was the worker who had a printer connected to his machine. .hile sneaker nets seemed an odd mi0 of the newest technolog( and the oldest form of transportation, the model is reall( the asis for toda(4s small P2P workgroups. .hereas earlier centrali%ed computing models and toda(4s client5server s(stems are generall( considered controlled environments in which individuals use their PCs in wa(s determined ( a higher authorit(, a classic P2P workgroup network is all a out openl( sharing files and devices. In general, office and home P2P networks operate over 6thernet (),1 it5sec.) or 7ast 6thernet (),,1 it5sec.) and emplo( a hu -and-spoke topolog(. Categor( 8 (twisted-pair) copper wire runs among the PCs and an 6thernet hu or switch, ena ling users of those networked PCs access to one another4s hard drives, printers or perhaps a shared Internet connection. Both Client and Server

    In effect, ever( connected PC is at once a server and a client. 'here4s no special network operating s(stem residing on a ro ust machine that supports special server-side applications like director( services (speciali%ed data ases that control who has access to what). In a P2P environment, access rights are governed ( setting sharing permissions on individual machines. 7or e0ample, if "ser A4s PC is connected to a printer that "ser $ wants to access, "ser A must set his machine to allow (share) access to the printer. #imilarl(, if "ser $ wants to have access to a folder or file, or even a complete hard drive, on "ser A4s PC, "ser A must ena le file sharing on his PC. Access to folders and printers on an office P2P network can e further controlled ( assigning passwords to those resources.

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