COMPUTER NETWORK

QUARTER 3: LESSON 1
COMPUTER NETWORK

•A NETWORK CONSIST OF TWO OR MORE

COMPUTERS THAT ARE LINKED IN
ORDER TO SHARE RESOURCES,
EXCHANGE FILES, ALLOW ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS.
TYPES OF COMPUTER NETWORK

• PAN • WAN
• LAN • SAN
• WLAN • VPN
• MAN
PERSONAL AREA NETWORK (PAN)

•MEANT TO COVER A VERY SMALL AREA.

•PAN TECHNOLOGY IS BLUETOOTH
CONNECTION.
•CONNECT JUST A HANDFUL OF DEVICES.
LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN)

•CONNECTS A GROUP OF COMPUTERS OR

DEVICES TOGETHER ACROSS A LOCAL
AREA.
•CONNECT DEVICES THROUGHOUT 1
BUILDING OR EVEN 2-3 BUILDINGS.
WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN)

•DOES NOT RELY ON CABLES TO

CONNECT TO THE NETWORK.
METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK (MAN)

•CONNECTS MULTIPLE LANS

TOGETHER AND SPANS AN ENTIRE
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA SUCH AS CITY
OR TOWN OR SOMETIMES A CAMPUS.
WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN)

•SAME THING AS LANS BUT ACROSS A

LARGER AREA CONNECTING MORE
DEVICES.
•WAN IS THE INTERNET WHICH CONNECTS
COMPUTERS AND DEVICES WORLDWIDE.
STORAGE AREA NETWORK (SAN)

•TYPE OF LAN THAT’S DESIGNED TO

HANDLE LARGE DATA TRANSFERS
AND STORAGE.
VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN)

•INCREASE SECURITY AND PRIVACY

WHILE ACCESSING A NETWORK.
•ENCRYPTS YOUR DATA AND HIDES
YOUR IDENTITY.
TYPES OF NETWORK CABLES
QUARTER 3: LESSON 2
NETWORK CABLES

•NETWORK CABLES ARE A TYPE OF

NETWORKING HARDWARE USED TO
CONNECT A NETWORK DEVICE TO ONE
OR MORE OTHER NETWORK DEVICES.
THE 4 TYPES OF NETWORK CABLING

•COAXIAL CABLES
•FIBER OPTIC CABLES
•SHIELDED TWISTED PAIR (STP) CABLES
•UNSHIELDED TWISTED PAIR (UTP) CABLES
COAXIAL CABLES
FIBER OPTIC CABLES
SHIELDED TWISTED PAIR (STP) CABLES
UNSHIELDED TWISTED PAIR (UTP) CABLES
TYPES OF NETWORK
DEVICES
QUARTER 3: LESSON 3
WHAT ARE NETWORK DEVICES?

•NETWORK DEVICES OR
NETWORKING HARDWARE ARE
PHYSICAL DEVICES THAT ARE
REQUIRED FOR COMMUNICATION
AND INTERACTION BETWEEN
TYPES OF NETWORK DEVICES

•HUB •GATEWAY
•SWITCH •MODEM
•ROUTER •REPEATER
•BRIDGE •ACCESS POINT
HUB

• CONNECTS MULTIPLE COMPUTER

NETWORKING DEVICES
TOGETHER.
SWITCH

•A MULTIPORT DEVICE THAT

IMPROVES NETWORK EFFICIENCY.
ROUTER

•HELPS TRANSMIT PACKETS TO THEIR

DESTINATIONS BY CHARTING A PATH
THROUGH THE SEA OF
INTERCONNECTED DEVICES.
BRIDGE

•ARE USED TO CONNECT TWO OR

MORE HOSTS OR NETWORK
SEGMENTS TOGETHER.
GATEWAY

•WORKS AT THE TRANSPORT AND

SESSION LAYERS OF THE OSI MODEL.
•GATEWAYS PERFORM ALL THE
FUNCTIONS OF ROUTERS AND MORE.
MODEM

•USED TO TRANSMIT DIGITAL

SIGNALS OVER ANALOG
TELEPHONE LINES.
REPEATER

•AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT

AMPLIFIES THE SIGNAL IT
RECEIVES.
ACCESS POINT

• CAN OPERATE AS A BRIDGE OR AS A ROUTER.

• CONSIST OF TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER DEVICE THAT USED
TO CREATE A WIRELESS LAN.