Scenario
I work for the IT support department of SMARTNETS Inc. an organisation that specialises in Network solutions for medium to large companies. The managers have now asked me to plan the network options for a charity called UCANHELP with an office in Northolt and will like to share resources between 6 computers, not in the same room but require internet connection, video conference, instant messaging etc.
Key Component * Network Devices * Interconnection devices * Connectors and cabling * Software
I. Network Devices
* Workstation: which is used by business or professional person who can be architect , gaming designer, multimedia and any organization .Such as : technical or scientific applications, video editing , photo editing. So they are much more powerful than normal computer and they can connect LAN (Lan area network) that in turn shares resource for one or several computer. * For example: computer, laptop, deskto , server machine.
* Sever: is specialist computer hardware system and were built very high hardware like workstation computer (High-speed processor, high-end graphics, large RAM, Hard-drivers and is most powerful. And server don’t use normal operating system, they use operating system server( Microsoft windows server , apple server , linux server) for control group computer which is in large business , school , technology company , because they have a lot of computer and they provide service to other computer (can called workstation). Some type of server: web server, mail server, gaming server, servers for the central management and storage of files and data and other kind of server.
* NIC (network interface card): accept workstation and personal computer connect to a network on LAN typically contain a network interface card specifically designed for the LAN transmission technology.