COMPUTER CONNECTIONS

INDEX

INTRODUCTION

STAR NETWORK

ADVANTAGES

DISADVANTAGES

RING NETWORK

ADVANTAGES

DIASADVANTAGES

COMPLETE NETWORK

ADVANTAGES

DISADVANTAGES

HYBRID NETWORK

MULTIPOINT NETWORK

ADVANTAGES

DISADVANTAGES

LAN

WAN

AKNOLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE TERM NETWORK MEANS A SYSTEAM OF INTERCONNECTED POINTS OR

TERMINALS .COMPUTER NETWORK IS THUS A SYSTEAM OF INTERCONNECTED
COMPUTERS TERMINALS. IT SHARES THE RESOURCES OF THE SERIESOF
INTERCONNECTED COMPUTER ,PERIPHERAND TERMINAL.

STAR NETWORK

IN THIS NETWORK THERE IS A HOST COMPUTER STORING ALL DATA AND INFORMATION
WHICH UIS ATTACHED TO LOCAL COMPUTERS.THE LOCALS COMPUTERS ARE NOT
LINKED DIRECTLY TO EACH OTHER THEY COMMUNICATE ONLY VIA THE HOST
COMPUTER THROUGH MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION LINES.THE HOST COMPUTER IS
RESPOINSIBLE FOR MAKING COMMUNICATION AMONG LOCAL COMPUTERS

ADVANTAGES

IF ANY OF THE LOCAL COMPUTERS FAIL,THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OF THE

NETWORK UNAFFECTED.

TRANSMISSION DELAYS BETWEEN THE TWO TERMINALS DO NOT INCREASE BY ADDING

A NEW TERMINAL

DISADVANTAGES

THE ENTIRE SYSTEM DEPENDS UPON THE HOST COMPUTER. IF THE HOST COMPUTER
FAILS THEN THE ENTIRE NETWORK FAILS.

RING NETWORK

IN THIS COMMUNUCATION THERE IS NO

COMPUTER AS SUCH TO TRANSMIT THE DATA
CENTRALLY.THUS, THERE IS NO
CONTROLLING COMPUTER IN THIS NETWORK
ALL LOCAL COMPUTERS ARE CONNECTED TO
EACH OTHER IN A RING ARRANGEMENT

ADVANTAGES

IT IS A TRULY DISTRIBUTING BU PROCECCING

STSTEM.
IF ANY OF THE COMUTER FAILS/BREAKS DOWN
THEN THE TRANSMISSION CONTINIOUS FROM
THE ALLTERNATE COMPUTERS.

DISADVANTAGES

THE ADDITION OF THE NEW TERMINAL IN THE

NET WORK DELAYS THE COMMUNICATION.

COMPLETE NETWORK

IN THIS NETWORK ALL COMPUTERS ARE CONNECTED AMOUNG THEMSELFS THE

CONTROL IS DISTRIBUTED WITH EACH COMPUTER DECIDING ITS COMMUNICATION
PRIORITIES.SINCE,EACH COMPUTER IS CONNNECTED WITH OTHER, SO IT IS CALLED
AS A POINT TO POINT LINK OF THE NETWORK.

ADVANTAGES

COMMMUNICATION IS VERY FAST BETWEEN ANY TWO COMPUTERS.

IF ANY COMPUTER BREAKS DOWN THEN IT AFFECTS ONLY THE COMMUNICATION

BETWEEN THE CONNECTED COMPUTERS

DISADVANTAGES

IT IS COMPARATIVELY EXPENSIVE AS THE

NUMBER OF TERMINALS/POINTS CONNECTING
TO A COMPUTER IS MORE.

HYBRID NETWORK

IT IS SIMPLY A COMBINATION OF NETWORKS AS SHOWN IN THE FIGURE . IN

REALITY, A STAR OR A RING OR COMPLETE NETWORK DOES NOT GIVE THE
ABSAOLUTE SOLUTION AS THESE NETWORK HAVE VARIOUS DISADVANTAGES . THE
CONFIGURATION OF NETWORK DEPENDS UPON THE NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE OF COMPANY

EX. OF HYBRID NETWORK

MULTIPOINT NETWORK

IN THIS NETWORK, A SIGNAL TRANSMISSION MEDIUM IS SHARED BY ALL THE

TERMINALS .WHEN A PARTICULAR COMPUTER WANTS TO SEND A MESSAGE TO
ANOTHER COMPUTER,THE SYSTEM CHECKS WHEATHER THE COMMUNICATION LINE IS
FREE OR NOT

ADVANTAGES

IT IS RELIABLE AS THE FALIRE OF THE COMPUTER IN THE NETWORK DOES NOT AFFECT
THE NETWORKING SYSTEM .

IT IS EASIER TO CONNECT THE NEW COMPUTER .

DISADVANTAGES

IF THE COMMUNICATION LINE FAILS THEN THE

ENTIRE SYSTEM STOPS WORKING.

LOCAL AREA CONNECTION(LAN)

A LOCAL AREA NETWORK IS A DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WHICH ENABLES

INTERCONNECTING A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPUTERS &OTHER PERIPHERAL
DEVICES .THIS TYPE OF NETWORK IS GENERALLY PREFERED WITH IN A SMALLER AREA
SUCH AS AN OFFICE BUILDING OR LAB BUILDING(SAY WITHIN A RADIUS OF HALF OF
KM).THE CONFIGURATION OF LOCAL AREA CONNECTION CAN BE A STAR,A RING OR A
MULTIPOINT NETWORK. THE TRANSMISSION CHANNEL USE CAXIAL OR FIBER OPTIC
CABLE S TO MAKE THE TRANSMISSION SPEED HIGH

ETHERNET, DEVELOPED BY XEROX CORPORATION IS AN EXAMPLE OF LAN.

WIDE AREA NETWORK(WAN)

A WIDE AREA NETWORK(WAN) IS A DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WHICH

INTERCONNECTS A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPUTERS IN WIDE AREA .THI TYPE OF
COMMUNICATION NETWORK MAY BE DEVOLEPED TO OPERATE WORLD WIDE. IN A
WAN .THE TRANSMISSION MEDIUM USED CAN BE TELEPHONE LINES ,MICROVAVE
&STELLITE LINKS ETC.

THE ARPANET OF THE U.S. DEPT.OF DEFENCE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WAN.

AKNOLEDGEMENTS

THE YADAV BROTHERS

ANIKET AND DURVISH YADAV