PC Hardware A Beginner’s Guide

(^520) PC Hardware: A Beginner’s Guide Because it uses light and not electrical signals, fiber optic cable is not susceptible to ...

Segments are created on a network to improve network performance or security. Installing a bridge, router, or switch (see the fo ...

Bridges A bridge is used to connect two different LANs or two similar network segments so that they appear to be one network. A ...

Routers A router directs, or routes, network messages across one or more networks. A router determines the best path a message s ...

 System resources A NIC is configured to the computer with an IRQ, an I/O address, and a DMA channel. A NIC commonly uses IRQ3, ...

 Ring/Token Ring The primary network cable is installed as a loop, orring, and the workstations are attached to the primary cab ...

(^526) PC Hardware: A Beginner’s Guide Network Addressing Althoughthisisahardwarebook,thenetworkaddressingschemeusedissomethingt ...

for all LAN addressing, and all other address types are cross-referenced to it. A MAC address is a 48-bit address that is expres ...

(^528) PC Hardware: A Beginner’s Guide time the PC is booted through the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). The DHCP se ...

Chapter 20: Networks and Communications^529 Configuring a PC for Network Connection Windows 2000 will automatically configure a ...

The best way to differentiate one type of modem from another is through the docu- mentation that comes with the system or to vis ...

Chapter 20: Networks and Communications^531 Dial-up Connections Windows PCs control a modem through the Dial-u pNetworking (DUN) ...

 Protocols Another common problem, especially for new modems, is that TCP/IP or other protocols have not been properly configur ...

company verifies that a twisted pair copper line is available for the location; the DSL provider installs the inside wiring to y ...

ISDN Terminal Adapters Before there were DSL or cable modem systems, there was ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network). ISDN ...

standard 10BaseT (Cat 5) cable. The AP serves as a master station and hub. It transmits and receives data to and from the 802.11 ...

named after the ancient Scandinavian king who united the Scandinavian states by Ericsson, the Swedish communications giant.) Blu ...

computing is carried out. Bluetooth technology is capable of being transmitted at 721 Kbps and is very popular with PDAs (person ...

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