Subtopic: Network Hardware

Articles about the types of network hardware and physical devices used in networks.

Network Hardware
What Is A Repeater

What Is A Repeater?

Difficulty: Medium

A repeater, also known as a signal booster, is a device that regenerates traffic signals in order for one network to cover a longer physical distance...

What Is A Wireless Adapter

What Is A Wireless Adapter?

Difficulty: Easy

A wireless adapter, also known as a Wi-Fi dongle, Wi-Fi stick, Wi-Fi adapter, internet stick, or USB network adapter, is a piece of networking equipment...

What Is An Antenna

What Is An Antenna?

Difficulty: Medium

Also known as an aerial, an antenna is a part of wireless infrastructure that is capable of sending and receiving microwave, radio, and satellite signals...

What Is A Network Bridge

What Is A Network Bridge?

Difficulty: Medium

A brouter, also known as a bridging router, is a piece of networking hardware that works as both a bridge and a router by routing data...

What Is A Brouter

What Is A Brouter?

Difficulty: Medium

A brouter, also known as a bridging router, is a piece of networking hardware that works as both a bridge and a router by routing data...

What Is RJ45

What Is RJ45?

Difficulty: Medium

Short for registered jack 45, RJ45, sometimes spelt RJ-45, is the connector used in Ethernet cables that can be seen at the end...

What Is Network-Attached Storage

What Is Network-Attached Storage?

Difficulty: Medium

Often abbreviated to NAS, network-attached storage is a single storage device that connects to a LAN. Instead of computers shar...

What Is A Server

What Is A Server?

Difficulty: Easy

A server is a computer that handles requests and delivers data over a network. For example, a web server stores webpages and im...

What Is A Network Switch

What Is A Network Switch?

Difficulty: Medium

A network switch, also known as a switching hub or a bridging hub is a device that connects other devices within a network toge...

What Is A Hub

What Is A Hub?

Difficulty: Medium

A hub is the most basic type of network device that connects multiple devices in a network to each other and is in the physical...

What Is A Modem

What Is A Modem?

Difficulty: Medium

Short for a modulator-demodulator, a modem is a device that allows devices, such as smartphones, tablets, computers, routers, a...

What Is A Router

What Is A Router?

Difficulty: Easy

A router is a device that can form a LAN by connecting devices within a building. It shares an internet connection between mult...

What Is A Wireless Access Point

What Is A Wireless Access Point?

Difficulty: Medium

A wireless access point, also known as a WAP, or simply an access point is a device that allows devices with wireless capabilit...