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Types of network, and the devices that build them

Computer Studies · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

Networks by size from PAN to WAN, and the hardware elements - NIC, hub, switch, router, gateway and the rest - that make a network.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Types of network, and the devices that build them
  2. Network software, protocols, and evaluating a network
  3. PAN, LAN and the school WLAN
  4. MAN, WAN and the internet
  5. DTE, DCE and the NIC
  6. Repeater, hub and switch
  7. Bridge, router, gateway and modem
  8. Network software you actually run
  9. Protocols, HTTPS and DNS
  10. Evaluating a network and joining one