Chapter 9 Communications and Networks Communications E-mail Instant messaging Internet telephone Electronic commerce Connectivity The Wireless

less Revolution Communication Systems Sending and receiving devices Communication channel Connection devices Data transmission specifications Communication Channels Physical Connections Twisted-pair cable Coaxial cable Fiber-optic cable Wireless Connections Radio fre uenc! "RF#-$i-Fi and %luetooth &icrowave Satellite-'plin( ) sending data to a satellite* Downlin( ) receiving data from a satellite* +lobal positioning s!stem "+,S# Infrared Connection Devices -nalog signals-continuous Digital signals-presence or absence of an electronic pulse Modems or modulator-demodulator &odulation-D to Demodulation-- to D Transfer rate Thousands of bits per second ".bps# Telephone modem DS/ "digital subscriber line# Cable modem $ireless modem or $$-0 "wireless wide area networ(# modem Connection Service Dial-up service Digital subscriber line "DS/# service Cable service Satellite1air connection services Cellular services-2+ cellular networ(s Data Transmission andwidth 3oiceband or low bandwidth &edium band %roadband %aseband Protocols TC,1I, "transmission control protocol1internet protocol# Features Identification-I, address* domain name server "D0S# ,ac(eti4ation-pac(ets ) reformatted or bro(en down into smaller parts Networks Terms 0ode-an! device connected to a networ( Client-a node that re uests and uses resources available from other nodes Server-a node that shares resources with other nodes Director! server-manages resources for an entire networ(

5ost-an! computer s!stem that can be accessed over a networ( Switch-central node that coordinates the flow of data b! sending messages directl! between sender and receiver nodes 0IC 0etwor( operating s!stems "06S#-control and coordinate the activities of all computers and other devices on a networ( 0etwor( administrator-computer specialist Network Types !ocal "rea Networks #!"Ns$ 0etwor( gatewa!-device that allows one /-0 to be lin(ed to other /-0s or to larger networ(s Ethernet %ome Networks -allow different computers to share resources Wireless !"N #W!"N$ $ireless access point or base point Personal "re Network #P"N$ %luetooth Metropolitan "rea Networks #M"N$ Wide "rea Networks #W"N$ Network "rchitecture Topolo&ies -arrangement 6lder or legac! networ(s %us-each device is connected to a common cable Ring-each device is connected to two other devices Current networ( topologies Star-each device is connected directl! to a central networ( switch Tree-each device is connected to a central node7 either directl! or through one or more other devices* hierarchical 5!brid-combination &esh-each node have more than one connection to the other nodes Strate&ies Terminal server networ(-processing power is centrali4ed in one large computer Client1server networ(-use central computers to coordinate and suppl! services to other nodes on the networ( ,eer-to-peer ",8,# networ(-nodes have e ual authorit! and can act as both clients and servers Distributed processing networ(-processing capabilit! is located and shared at different nodes or locations 'r&ani(ational Networks )nternet Technolo&ies Intranet Extranet Network Security Firewall-hardware or software that control access to a compan!9s intranet and other internal networ(s Intrusion detection s!stems "0IDS#-wor( with firewalls 3irtual private networ(s "3,0#-create a secure private connection between a remote user and an organi4ation9s internal networ(