Earlyyearsofpersonalcomputers

networkswerescarce

PAN(personalareanetwork)

atermsometimesusedtorefertotheinterconnectionof
personaldigitaldevicesorconsumerelectronicswithinarange
ofabout30feetandwithouttheuseofwiresorcables
LAN(localareanetwork)

connectspersonalcomputerswihtinaverylimitesgeographical
areausuallyasinglebuilding
MAN(metropolitanarenetwork)

apublichighspeednetworkcpableofvoiceanddata
transmissionwithinarangeofabout50miles
WAN(wideareanetwork)

Internetisthelargestexample

networknode

usuallycontainsacomputer,networkedperipheral,ornetwork
device
newtworkinterfacecard(NIC)

computerrequiresa____toconnecttoaLAN

scanners,highcapacitystoragedevicesandphotoprinters

ifnetworked,canbeaccessedbyanauthorizedLANuser

networkattachedstorage(NAS)

astoragedevicethatdirectlyconnectstoanetwork
router

mostimportantnetworkdevice

routerconfigurationsettings

beforeconnectingtoyournetworkyoushouldadjustthe______
tomakesureyourneworkissecure
communicationschannel

aphysicalpathorafrequencyforsignaltransmissions

broadband

highbandwidthcommunicationssystems

narrowband

dialupInternetaccess

handshaking

processthroughwhichtwocomputersonanetworkmight
negotiatetheircommunicationsprotocols
TCP/IP

thebestknowncommunicationsprotocol

circuitswitching

thetelephonesystemusedtoessentiallyestablishadedicated
privatelinkbetweenonetelephoneandanotherfortheduration
ofacall
packetswitching

technologywhichdividesamessageintoseveralpacketsthat
canberoutedindependentlytotheirdestination
doesapacketgodirectlytoitsdestination?

nowhenapacketreachesanetworknode,aroutingdevice
examinestheaddressandsendthepacketalongtoits
destination
MACaddresses

usedforsomelowlevelnetworkfunctionsandcanalsobe
employedtoestablishnetworksecurity
IPaddress

canbeassignedbyInternetserviceproviders(ISPs)orsystem
managers
DHCP

aprotocoldesignedtoautomaticallydistributeIPaddresses

wirednetwork

useescablestoconnectnetworkdevices

advantagesofwiredconnections

fast,secure,andsimpletoconfigure
fastspeed
moresecure
disavantagesofwiredconnections

limitedmobility
Ethernet

wiredtechnologydefinedbyIEEE802.3standards
advantagesofEthernet

easytoimplement,manage,andmaintain
allsflexibilityinnewtworkdesign
compatiblewithpopularWiFinetworks
asanonpropreitarytechnology,Ethernetequipmentisavaible
fromavarietyofvendors
packet

onlyacceptedbythedevicetowhichitisaddressed
originalEthernetstandard

carrieddataoveracoaxialcableat10Mbps
GigabitEthernet

IEEE802.3zdesignation

aUSBEthernetadapter

plugsintoaUSBportandcanbeusedwithlaptoopanddesktop
computers(left)
anEthernetcard

installesinanexpansionslotinsidethesystemunitofadesktop
computer(right)
Wirelessnetworktechnology

transportsdatafromonedevicetoanotherwithouttheuseof
cablesorwires
disadvantageofawirelessnetwork

speed
rnage
security
RFsignals

theformthatmostwirelessconnectionstransportdataas
transceiver

acombinationofatransmitterandareceiver

microwaves

canbeaimedinasingledirectionandhavemorecarrying
capacitythanradiowaves
whatlimitstherangeofawirelesssignal

typeofsignal
transmitterstrength
physicalenvironment
ifthesignalofwirelessnetworkisweak

movetheworkstationclosertotherouter
speedincreasesas

signalstrengthincreases

WiFi

themostpopularwirelessLANtechnology

WiMAX,MAN,orWAN

otherwirelesstechnologiesusedforfixedInternetaccess

Bluetooth

notcommonlyusedtoconnectacollectionofworkstationsintoa
LAN
discoverymode

bluetoothdevicescanfindeachotherandexchangepasskeys
currentWiFistandard

makesureyourdeviceiscompatiblewith802.11n

WiFisignals

canbedisruptedbydevicessuchasmicrowaveovers,cordless
telephones,andbabymonitors
WiFidevices

transmitdataasradiowavesandiscompatiablewithEthernet

wirelessadhocprotocol

devicesbroadcastdirectlytoeachother

wirelessinfrastructureprotocol

acentralizedbroadcastingdevicecoordinatescommunicaiotn

WiFiadapter

legacyequqpmentwithoutWiFicanbeoutfittedwitha_______
thatplugsintoaUSBportoraninternalexpansionslot
MIMO

usedbydeviceswithoneormoreantennastoboostsignalsand
spreadthemmoreevenlyoverthesignalrange
hub

extendsawirednetwrokbyaddingadditionalports

switch

intelligentlyfacilitatescommunicationamongmultipledeviceson
anetwork
gateway

joinstwodifferenttypesofnetworks

bridge

connectstwosimilarnetworks

repeater

extendstherangeofanetworkbyrestoringsingnalsto
maximumstrengthandretransmittingthem
EEPROMmemory

wheretheconfigurationsettingsarestoredinarouter

howtoaccessyourrouter'sconfigurationutility

openabrowserandentertherouteraddress

SSID

inareaswherethereareoverlappingwirelessnetworkssuchas
inacityoronacollegecampus,thiswithhelyoulogintothe
rightnetwork,ratherthananetworkrunbyahackerwhowilltry
tosuckimportantinformationoffyourcomputerassoonasyou
connect
wheredoroutersgettheirSSID

mostroutersshipwithanSSIDprefefinedbythemanufacturer
WEP

originalwirelessencryptionprotocol
WPA2

makessurepacketshavenotbeeninterceptedortamperedwith
inanywaypage270
PSK

alsoreferredtoaspersonalmode,isatypeofWPAusedon
mosthomenetworks
wirelessencryptionkey(networksecuritykey)

thebasisforscramblingandunscramblingthedatatransmitted
betweenwirelessdevices
WANport

mostcomputerssupplyaWANportdesingedforanInternet
connection
WindowsandSSID

windowsshouldautomaticllyfindthenetworkSSIDandaskyou
toenterthewirelessencryptionkeyorpassphrase
Phone,tablet,andmediaplayersconnecttoLAN

makesurethatWIFIisenabledandwaitforthedeviceto
sensethenetwork.whenasked,entertheencryptionkey
filesharing

aallowsfilescontainingdocuments,photos,music,andother
datatobeaccesedfromcomputersotherthantheoneonwhich
theyarestored
youcanremovesharingfromfilesyounolongerwanttoshare
homenetwork

filesharingallowsyoutoviewandcopyphotos,forexample,
fromyourdesktopcomputertoatabletcomputer
factorsforsharingfileswithotherdevices

whichdevicesyoucmoputercandiscover
whetherothernetworkdevicescnadiscoveryourcomputer
whatyouareallowedtodowithfilesonothercomputers
filemamangementutility

toseealistofdevicesonyourntwork,youcanuseyou
operatingsystem's_____
discovery

ifyouconnecttoanetworkanddon'tgetalistofotherdevices,
checkyourcomputer'snetwork_____setting
readpermission

allowsauthorizedpeopletoopenafileandviewit,butthey
cannotmodifyitordeleteit
writeonlypermission

workslikeadorpbox,allowingpeopletoputfilesinoneofyour
folders,butnoopen,copyorchangeanyfilesthatyouhave
storedthere
fileserver

acomputerwhoseprimarypurposeistobearepositoryforfiles
thacanbeaccessedbyntworkworkstations
browser

allowsyoutoaccessserverconfigurationsoftwareifyou're
usingafileserverwithoutitsownkeyboardormonitor
symptomsofneworkproblems

imtermittentoutages
slowresponsetimes
nonavailabilityofneworkservicestoallworkstations
unsecurednetwork

hackerscaneasilyconnecttoit,monitortransmitteddata,
accessconnecteddevices,spreadviruses,anduseyour
networkasalaunchingpadforspam
encryption

transformsamessageinsuchawaythatitscontentsarehidden
fromunauthorizedreaders
encryptioncanbeusedinmanyways

sramblingdatasentoverwiredorwirelessnetworkstoprevent
intrusions
securingcreditcardnumbereandotherpersonalinformation
transferredfromshoppers'computersotecommercesites
scramblingthecontentofemailmessagestomaintainprivacy
plaintext

messagethathasnotbeenencrypter
ciphertext

andencryptermessage
decryption

theprocessofconvertingciphertextintoplaintext

cryptographicalgorithm

aprocedureforencryptingordecryptingamessage

cryptographickey

isaword,number,orphrasethatmustbeknowntoencryptor
decryptamessage
moseencryptiontoday

usesa128bitkeywhichissecurefromcasualhackers

symmetrickeyencryption

thekeyusedtoencryptamessageisalsousedtodecryptthe
message
publickeyencryption

usesonekeytoencryptamessagebutusesanother,private
keytodecryptthemessage
publickeyencryption

crucialtechnologyforecommernceandemail

PGP

softwarethatmaybeusedbypersonalcomputeruserswhen
theywanttoencryptemailorotherdocuments
youmustsendyourprivatekeytoNOONE