INTRODUCTION TO

LESSON 1 (COMPUTER NETWORKING)

COMPUTER NETWORKING
WHAT IS COMPUTER NETWORK?
• COMPUTER NETWORK CONNECTS TWO OR
MORE COMPUTERS.

Note: The computers can

be geographically
located anywhere.
• COMPUTER NETWORK ENABLE COMPUTER TO
COMMUNICATE AND TRANSFER DATA AND FILES FROM
ONE COMPUTER TO ANOTHER.
• COMPUTER NETWORKS CAN
ALSO CREATE A GROUP OF
COMPUTER NETWORKS
• IT USES A DEVICE CALLED
NETWORK SWITCH / HUB TO
CONNECT ALL THE
COMPUTER STATION FROM
ONE ANOTHER TO ESTABLISH
A GROUP OF NETWORK.
NETWORK DIAGRAM

• BASIC LAYOUT/MAP
OF A COMPUTER
NETWORKS
TECHNOLOGIES IN
COMPUTER NETWORK
NETWORK SWITCH / HUB
• USED TO CONNECTS VARIOUS OF NETWORK DEVICES
AND COMPUTER TO PERFORM COMPUTER NETWORKING.
A NETWORK DEVICE THAT CHANNELS INCOMING DATA
FROM ANY OF MULTIPLE INPUT PORTS TO THE SPECIFIC
OUTPUT PORT THAT WILL TAKE IT TOWARD ITS INTENDED
DESTINATION.
MODEM
• A MODEM CONNECTS THE SOURCE OF YOUR INTERNET
FROM YOUR ISP AND YOUR HOME NETWORK, WHETHER
YOU USE A CABLE PROVIDER OR A DSL OR DIAL-UP
PHONE CONNECTION. THE MODEM CONNECTS TO YOUR
ROUTER–OR DIRECTLY TO YOUR COMPUTER–USING AN
ETHERNET CABLE.
ROUTER
• NETWORK DEVICE THAT JOIN MULTIPLE COMPUTER
NETWORKS TOGETHER VIA EITHER WIRED OR WIRELESS
CONNECTIONS.
• THE ROUTER OPERATES AT THE NETWORK LAYER OF THE OSI
MODEL.
REPEATER
• NETWORK DEVICE USED TO REGENERATE OR REPLICATE A
SIGNAL. IT EXTEND THE COVERAGE AREA OF YOUR WIFI
NETWORK. IT WORKS BY RECEIVING YOUR EXISTING WIFI
CONNECTION, AMPLIFYING IT AND THEN TRANSMITTING THE
BOOSTED SIGNAL.
ETHERNET CABLE
• A CABLE USE TO CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER AND
NETWORK DEVICES. ETHERNET CABLES RESEMBLES A PHONE
CABLE BUT ARE LARGER AND FEATURE MORE WIRES. BOTH
CABLES SHARE A SIMILAR SHAPE AND PLUG BUT AN
ETHERNET CABLE HAS EIGHT WIRES AND A LARGER PLUG
THAN THE FOUR WIRES FOUND IN PHONE CABLES.
 HOW COMPUTER
NETWORK WORKS?
YOU ARE USING
YOUR COMPUTER
TO ACCESS THE
INTERNET
YOUR COMPUTER WILL
GATHER DATA AND
INFORMATION VIA
DIGITAL SIGNALS
(COMPUTER DATA)
THROUGH ETHERNET
CABLE
IF YOUR COMPUTER IS
BELONGING FROM A
GROUP OF NETWORK
THE ETHERNET IS
CONNECTED FROM
YOUR COMPUTER TO
A NETWORK SWITCH.
IF YOUR COMPUTER IS
NOT BELONG TO A
GROUP OF
COMPUTER NETWORK
THE DATA AND
INFORMATION IS
DIRECTLY PASS
THROUGH YOUR
ROUTER AND
MODEM.
IF YOUR COMPUTER
IS NOT BELONGING
TO A GROUP OF
COMPUTER
NETWORK THE DATA
AND INFORMATION IS
DIRECTLY PASS
THROUGH YOUR
ROUTER AND
MODEM.