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Network Standards For A Computer Network

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INTRODUCTION
Network standards play an important role in networking. Without networking standards manufacturers of networking products have no common ground on which they can build their systems. Standardization of products can make or break networking products, many companies are hesitant to support newer technology unless there is a standardization base from which to work.
Different types of network standards include 802”LAN”, 802.3 “wired LAN” and 802.11 “Wireless” there is also the OSI model.
A network protocol defines a set of rules and conventions between devices. Protocols for a computer network usually use packet switching techniques to send and receive messages in the form of packets. There are different types of Protocols one …show more content…

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A WAN (Wide Area Network) is a network that covers a geographical scale, nearly all WANS are LANs that are all connected to each other. WANs are commonly connected either through the internet or special arrangements made with phone companies or ISP’s (Internet service provider). A wide are network is different from a metropolitan area network because of the distance between each of the networks as a MAN (metropolitan area network) only covers a small area like a city unlike the WAN which covers the geographical area. http://www.excellgroup.com/images/pic/WAN.jpg A WLAN (wireless local area network) provides a wireless way of communicating over short distances using different types of signals instead of using cables. A WLAN covers a small area like a house, office, school or worksite. There are a few advantages and disadvantages of a WLAN, one of the advantages are that is cover the area that you want it to be in as the WLAN will only be used in a small geographical area. There are a few disadvantages and they are, WLANs only cover a small scale, The network may be disrupted, for example if there are other wireless signals around that might disrupt the signal of the WLAN one example for this is a Microwave, the microwaves emitted by the microwave can disrupt other wireless signals.

Network Topologies
A star topology is a type of network topology, a workstation is able to send information

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