NETWORK COMPONENTS

BY

CARL JORDAN

CONTENT

• Switch• Hub• Gateway• Bridge• Router• Firewall• Wireless AP

SWITCH

• 5-Port Gigabit Network Switch• 12V/7.2Ah sealed lead-acid battery• Rechargeable and recyclable• $24.99

SWITCH

A LAN switch does the same thing as a hub, but more efficiently. The switch connects computers, printers, and external hard drives to each other for communication.

HUB4 SuperSpeed ports mean less

waiting and more doing

The USB 3.0 4-Port Hub offers transfer speeds 10 times faster than USB 2.0. USB 3.0 ports also facilitate faster mobile-device charging than USB 2.0.

Requires an open SuperSpeed 3.0 port. Will not increase the speed of a USB 2.0 port

$49.99

HUB

Hub The Hub is a network device that allows multiple computers to communicate.

GATEWAY

Belkin Residential Gateway (RG) Battery Backup - REV B

12V/7.2Ah sealed lead-acid battery

Rechargeable and recyclable

$129.99

GATEWAY

Gateway sit between the Internet and the Router. It give you access to the Internet.

BRIDGE

Netgear-IEEE 802-11n 300 Mbps Wrieless Bridge

Wireless Bridge mode must be supported by your routers.

The channel must be identical on both the router and the access point.

BRIDGE

A Bridge connect to separate Network together form difference location.

Network 1 Bridge Network 2

ROUTER

AC 1000 DB Wi-Fi Dual-Band AC+ Gigabit Router

$129.99

ROUTER

Router

Switch

Cloud

Routers can connect WANs, which provide a transmission medium across long distances.

FIREWALL

Antivirus / Anti-Spyware

Web SecurityPC Tune-upParental Controls$39.95

FIREW

ALL

Most Computer come with its own self contain firewall software. Router, OS, and NOSs

WIR

ELES

S AP

A device used to connect wireless nodes and relay traffic among these nodes

WIR

ELESS

AP

Romote Access

NETWORK

COMPONENTS

Internet

Wireless AP

Router