First 30 mins
• I am observing a lesson for 30 mins so carry on with your programming for now.
• I will then teach you lots of stuff about networks and give you sweets.
Networking Basics
Learning Outcomes
– All of you will understand the advantages of networks compared to stand alone computers (D-E)
– Most of you will describe the hardware needed to create a network (B-C)
– Some of you will compare and contrast the different types of network and suggest suitable ones for different groups (A*-A)
Network Basics
• What is a ‘stand alone’ computer?
• What is a network?
• Why would someone want to create a network instead of having a group of stand alone computers?
Network Topology
What are the names of the three main types of network?
Your Task
You will need to create a 4 slide presentation, one for each type of network and one summary. One each slide you should have • Advantages, • Disadvantages• Hardware required• Diagram of each
Task 2
• You will need to describe these terms;– Each of the items of hardware included in a
network– Network segment (why are local-area networks
based on a bus topology are segmented?)– Peer-to-peer networking– Server-based networking– The differences between an networked
computer and stand alone computer (including advantages and disadvatanges of each)