Name: Servanda, Ronald B.

Section: BSCS G2020

Activity 1

1.What are the 5 most common type of computer networking?

 LAN: Local Area Network

 WAN: Wide Area Network
 WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network
 MAN: Metropolitan Area Network
 SAN: Storage Area Network

2.Illustrate the 5 most common type of computer network and their

functions.

-A local area network (LAN) is a network of devices that connect to each

other inside the confines of a house, school, laboratory, or business. A LAN is
typically made up of computers and peripheral devices that are linked to a
local domain server. Shared printers and disk storage are available to all
network appliances. A local area network can support hundreds of users. LAN
typically involves numerous wires and connections, necessitating the use of a
previously constructed network diagram. IT experts use them to visually
document the physical layout and arrangement of the LAN.
-A wide area network (also known as WAN) is a big information network
that is not restricted to a single place. Through a WAN provider, WANs can
permit communication, information sharing, and much more between
devices all over the world.
-WLANs, which function similarly to LANs, make use of wireless network
technology such as Wi-Fi. These networks, which are commonly used in the
same applications as LANs, do not require devices to connect to the network
via physical connections.
-These networks are larger than LANs but smaller than WANs, and they
combine features from both types of networks. MANs cover a large
geographical area (typically a town or city, but sometimes a campus). A single
person or a firm is in charge of ownership and maintenance (a local council, a
large company, etc.).
-These networks do not rely on a LAN or WAN because they are a
dedicated high-speed network that connects pooled pools of storage devices
to several servers. They instead shift storage resources away from the
network and into their own high-performance network. SANs can be
accessed in the same way that a drive connected to a server can. Converged,
virtual, and unified storage-area networks (SANs) are examples of SANs.
 3.Kindly install cisco packet tracer.

4. What is ARPANET? Explain is the involvement of ARPANET to computer network.

-Arpanet is a most powerful computer network. In my research it was used as a

design in nuclear attack. Arpanet was made to make it easier for people to access
the computer.