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Personal Area Network

Personal area networks (PANs) connect computers to devices like printers, PDAs, cameras, phones, and game consoles using a computer as the central hub. Common interfaces are USB and Bluetooth, allowing users to transfer data between devices or onto the computer. Ad-hoc networks directly link two or more computers, commonly using wireless connections, to share files and internet access unless the computer with the connection is offline. Ethernet networks connect computers to a central hub or switch using twisted pair cables to share data and peripherals like printers. Wireless networks use wireless access points as the central connection point so any number of computers can join the network to share internet and devices as long as the access point remains active.

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Personal Area Network

Personal area networks (PANs) connect computers to devices like printers, PDAs, cameras, phones, and game consoles using a computer as the central hub. Common interfaces are USB and Bluetooth, allowing users to transfer data between devices or onto the computer. Ad-hoc networks directly link two or more computers, commonly using wireless connections, to share files and internet access unless the computer with the connection is offline. Ethernet networks connect computers to a central hub or switch using twisted pair cables to share data and peripherals like printers. Wireless networks use wireless access points as the central connection point so any number of computers can join the network to share internet and devices as long as the access point remains active.

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Personal Area Network

The most basic form of computer network used in the home, known as a Personal Area Network or PAN, involves a single computer and its associated peripherals. PANs connect computers to printers, personal digital assistants, digital cameras, cell phones and even game consoles. Using a PC as a medium, users can transfer data from one device to another, or transfer data onto the PC. USB is the most common interface for these networks, and Bluetooth is the most common wireless interface.

Adhoc Networks

In an ad-hoc network, otherwise known as a computer-to-computer network, two or more computers are linked directly together. This is more common among wireless networks, as most modern wireless cards can facilitate a direct connection to another computer. Once linked, home computers can share files and even an Internet connection. If a computer sharing an Internet connection with other computers is turned off, however, the Internet connection with the other computers will be lost.

Home Ethernet Networks

"Ethernet" refers to the most common series of standards and technologies for defining a local network. Computers connect to a common Ethernet hub or switch to share data among themselves. Peripherals such as printers may also be connected to the network to be shared among the participants. Ethernet networks use twisted pair cables to connect individual devices to each other or to a hub.

Wireless Networks via Wireless Access Points

The most reliable way of sharing Internet access is with a wireless access point (WAP). Wireless Access Points act as a medium for data traveling from computer to computer. Like a wireless adhoc network, computers that are connected to a wireless access point can share devices, data and Internet connection. As long as the WAP remains operative, however, any number of computers can join or leave without affecting the quality of the network. Wireless routers, the feature of most Internet hotspots, are a type of Wireless Access Point. They may include a broadband modem.

HomePNA and HomePlug Networks

HomePNA, formerly the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance, refers to an industry association that establishes technologies that facilitate a home network over existing telephone and coaxial cabling in the household. HomePlug is another series of standards that lets electronic devices communicate with each other through a house's electrical wiring.

internetworks
Internetworking is the practice of connecting a computer network with other networks through the use of gateways that provide a common method of routing information packets between the networks. The resulting system of interconnected networks is called an internetwork, or simply an internet. The most notable example of internetworking is the Internet, a network of networks based on many underlying hardware technologies, but unified by an internetworking protocol standard, the Internet Protocol Suite, often also referred to as TCP/IP. To avoid confusion, internetworking combines the word inter ("between") and networking; it is not internetworking. The smallest amount of effort to create an internet (lowercase i, not talking about the Internet), is to have two LAN's of computers connected to each other via a router. Simply using either a switch or a hub to connect two local area networks together doesn't imply internetworking, it just expands the original LAN.

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