The server is the computer that makes access to files, printing, communications, and other services avaible to the users of the network. The client is the user's PC using the services provided by the network. Clients only request services, is usually only one user. Many different users share the server. Wireless Media transmit and receives elctromagnetic signals using methods such as infrared line of sight, high frequency radio, and microwave systems. TCP, breaks the information into small packets from computer to computer. IP defines how a data packet must be formed and to where a router must forward each packet.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
4.2 A Basic Network
The server is the computer that makes access to files, printing, communications, and other services avaible to the users of the network. The client is the user's PC using the services provided by the network. Clients only request services, is usually only one user. Many different users share the server. Wireless Media transmit and receives elctromagnetic signals using methods such as infrared line of sight, high frequency radio, and microwave systems. TCP, breaks the information into small packets from computer to computer. IP defines how a data packet must be formed and to where a router must forward each packet.
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