Networking Fundamentals
Networking Fundamentals
Networking Fundamentals
FUNDAMENTALS
• What is a Network
• Categories of Network
• Network Model
• IP Addressing
• Data Communication Terminologies
• Network Devices
• Data Transmission Modes
• Advantages
• CISCO Packet Tracer
WHAT IS A NETWORK?
• Server: A computer that facilitates the sharing of data, software and hardware
resources on the network is termed as a server.
• Server can be of two types
I. Non- dedicated
II. Dedicated
• Nodes: The term nodes refers to the computers that are attached to a network and
are seeking to to share the resources of the network.
• Data Channel: Channel simply means a path to carry or flow. Data channel
means the flow of data or to carry the data from one device to another. In
other words, we can say the data channel is a computer path or medium used
to transfer the data from sender to receiver.
• Bits Per Second(bps): Its symbol id “bits/s”. It can be present in two forms
i.e. bps. It’s also a measurement unit of speed at which the data is transferred.
• Bandwidth: It’s the range of frequencies over which a communication system
works. It generally measures the amount of data that can be transferred in a
given amount of time over a data channel.
NETWORK DEVICES
1. HUB: A hub is a hardware device used to connect several computers
together.
Active: Electrically amplify the signals it moves from one connected device to
another.
Passive: It allow the signal to pass from one computer to another without any
change.
SWITCH
• A repeater is a network device that amplifies and restores signals for long-
distance transmission.
BRIDGE
• Data Transmission mode defines the direction of the flow of information between two communication
devices. It is also called Data Communication or Directional Mode. It specifies the direction of the flow of
information from one place to another in a computer network.
• The data transmission modes can be characterized in the following three types based on the
direction of exchange of information:
1. Simplex
2. Half-Duplex
3. Full Duplex
1. SIMPLEX
• Simplex is the data transmission mode in which the data can flow only in one direction, i.e., the
communication is unidirectional. In this mode, a sender can only send data but can not receive it.
Similarly, a receiver can only receive data but can not send it.
2. HALF-DUPLEX
• Half-Duplex is the data transmission mode in which the data can flow in both directions but in
one direction at a time. It is also referred to as Semi-Duplex. In other words, each station can both
transmit and receive the data but not at the same time. When one device is sending the other can only
receive and vice-versa.
3. FULL-DUPLEX
• Full-Duplex is the data transmission mode in which the data can flow in both directions at the same
time. It is bi-directional in nature. It is two-way communication in which both the stations can transmit
and receive the data simultaneously.
ADVANTAGES OF NETWORKING
• Computer networking has become one of the most successful ways of sharing information, where all computers are wirelessly
linked together by a common network. Now, businesses and organizations heavily rely on it to get messages and information
across to essential channels.
• Packet Tracer is a protocol simulator developed by Dennis Frezzo and his team at Cisco Systems.
Packet Tracer (PT) is a powerful and dynamic tool that displays the various protocols used in
networking, in either Real Time or Simulation mode. This includes layer 2 protocols such as Ethernet
and PPP, layer 3 protocols such as IP, ICMP, and ARP, and layer 4 protocols such as TCP and UDP.
Routing protocols can also be traced.
SOFTWARE ANALYSIS
CONFIGURATION OF
COMPONENTS
STIMULATION ANALYSIS
CONCLUSION
• This represent the stimulation result that will be partially implemented with the hardware setup. In this,
we executed a networking by propelled the Cisco Packet Tracer. This project actually gives the
overview that how networking can be done in colleges. The network administrator can monitor, allow,
and limit access to the network. This makes easy to share large files with other users on the network.
REFRENCES
• www.wikipidea.com
• www.ciscopackettracer.com
• www.ccna.com