Local Area Networks 2

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A LAN is a of computers together within a single or site.This school has a LAN. The computers can be joined either by or wireless connections.

of LAN's include being able to data between users, being able to share expensive and being able to with other users.

At the centre of a LAN is the . This is a powerful computer which all the resources on the network. All the other machines are called . These must be fitted with a network .

The cables that can be used to networks are either made of or are fibre-optic. The two types of copper cables are which is very to interference and twist-pair cabling which is the most cabling because it is cheap and fast. Fibre-optic cabling contains fine strands of along which pulses are sent. Fibre-optic cabling is very , very fast, free from but very .

Some networks are wireless. Radio waves are transmitted. Wireless networks are very fast and as there is no need for they are easy to set up. Unfortunately they are not very .