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Subtopic: Network Setups

Articles about the ways that networks can be set up, such as topologies and structures.

What Factors Affect The Choice Of A Network

What Factors Affect The Choice Of A Network?

Difficulty: Easy

Before choosing a network, it is important to carefully consider various factors so that you choose one suitable for your needs and make an informed decision.

What Is A VLAN

What Is A VLAN?

Difficulty: Medium

Short for a virtual local area network, a VLAN is a customisable network that is created from multiple LANs. It allows groups of devices...

What Is A Heterogeneous Network

What Is A Heterogeneous Network?

Difficulty: Medium

A heterogeneous network is a network made up of nodes with a significantly different network architecture, protocols, and operating systems...

What Is A Homogeneous Network

What Is A Homogeneous Network?

Difficulty: Medium

A homogeneous network is a network made up of nodes with the same network architecture, protocols, and operating systems...

What Is Token Ring

What Is Token Ring?

Difficulty: Medium

Token Ring is an earlier technology used in LAN where nodes are arranged in a ring or star topology and data is sent in one direction...

What Is A Hybrid Topology

What Is A Hybrid Topology?

Difficulty: Medium

A hybrid topology is the most complex type of network topology. It is a combination of two or more different topologies. For ex...

What Is A Point-To-Point Topology

What Is A Point-To-Point Topology?

Difficulty: Medium

A point-to-point topology is the simplest type of network topology where two nodes are directly connected to each other. It is...

What Is A Tree Topology

What Is A Tree Topology?

Difficulty: Medium

A tree topology, also known as a star bus topology is a type of network topology that combines the features of star and bus topologies...

What Is A Mesh Topology

What Is A Mesh Topology?

Difficulty: Medium

A mesh topology, also known as a mesh network, is a type of network topology where each node connects to every other node and c...

What Is A Ring Topology

What Is A Ring Topology?

Difficulty: Medium

A ring topology, also known as a ring network, is a type of network topology where every network device connects to exactly two...

What Is A Bus Topology

What Is A Bus Topology?

Difficulty: Medium

A bus topology, also known as a line topology, is an older type of network topology where all nodes of the network are directly...

What Is A Star Topology

What Is A Star Topology?

Difficulty: Medium

A star topology is a type of network topology where every network device has its own cable that connects to a central connection point...

What Is A Network Topology

What Is A Network Topology?

Difficulty: Medium

A network topology is the physical or logical structure of a network that defines how its links and nodes are connected with ea...

What Is A Leased Line

What Is A Leased Line?

Difficulty: Medium

A leased line, also known as a dedicated line or a private circuit, is a telephone or data line that is rented for use by one I...

What Is A Wake-On-LAN

What Is A Wake-On-LAN?

Difficulty: Medium

A wake-on-LAN, also known as a power on by LAN, resume on LAN, resume by LAN, or WoL, is a technology that allows a computer to...

What Is A Zero-Configuration Network

What Is A Zero-Configuration Network?

Difficulty: Medium

A zero-configuration network, also known as an autonet or a zeroconf is a network that requires no manual configuration of net...

What Is A Personal Area Network

What Is A Personal Area Network?

Difficulty: Medium

Often abbreviated to a PAN, a personal area network is a small network designed to connect devices, such as desktop computers.....

What Is A Subnetwork

What Is A Subnetwork?

Difficulty: Medium

A subnetwork, also known as a subnet is a part of a larger network. It is a separately identifiable part of a network, often a LA...

What Is An Autonomous System

What Is An Autonomous System?

Difficulty: Medium

An autonomous system, often abbreviated to an AS is a large network or group of networks that make up the internet. Each autono...

What Is A Network Backbone

What Is A Network Backbone?

Difficulty: Medium

A network backbone is a part of a computer network that interconnects networks and provides a path for the exchange of information between different LA...

What Is A Network

What Is A Network?

Difficulty: Easy

A network is a collection of two or more devices that can communicate with each other by physical or wireless connections in or...

What Is An Extranet

What Is An Extranet?

Difficulty: Medium

An extranet works in a similar way to an intranet as it is a private network that is used by an organisation and only available...

What Is Intranet

What Is An Intranet?

Difficulty: Easy

An intranet works in a similar way to the internet, but it is a private internal network that is used within an organisation, s...

What Is A CAN

What Is A CAN?

Difficulty: Medium

Short for a campus area network or a corporate area network, a CAN is a computer network of multiple interconnected LANs that....

What Is A HAN

What Is A HAN?

Difficulty: Medium

Short for a home area network, a HAN is a small type of network that is designed to cover a home, as suggested in the name. It....

What Is A MAN

What Is A MAN?

Difficulty: Medium

Short for a metropolitan area network, a MAN is a much larger network than a LAN, but smaller than a WAN. It is used for provi...

What Is A WAN

What Is A WAN?

Difficulty: Medium

Short for a wide area network, a WAN is a term that describes a large computer network that is fixed to a single location and covers a wide geographical area, such as multiple cities. It is the opposite of a LAN (local...

What Is A LAN

What Is A LAN?

Difficulty: Medium

Short for a local area network, a LAN is a term that describes a network that connects nearby devices within a limited area. Ex...

What Is A VPN

What Is A VPN?

Difficulty: Medium

Short for a virtual private network, a VPN provides a secure and private connection over a public, business, or home network by...