Networking ComponentsStarla Wachsmann

COMPUTER NETWORKING COMPONETS

• Today’s wireless and enterprise networks are more complex than ever, delivering

rich data such as video, voice traffic, content at any time, and on any device.

HUB• In order to connect more than two

computers together, a device that distributes packets, or bocks of data.

• Hubs are a basic device.

• Cost range from $6 to $100

SWITCH• A switch is a device that distributes

packets, or blocks of data, between computers in a network.

• Switches function in a similar fashion to hubs but more efficient.

• Cost range from $100 and up

ROUTER• A router is a device that joins two different

networks together.

• Home networks usually employ routers to connect to the internet.

• Cost range from $30 to a $100

BRIDGE• A bridge device filters data traffic at a

network boundary.

• Bridges reduce the amount of traffic on a LAN by dividing it into two segments.

• Cost range from $80 to $300

GATEWAY• The link between two computers to

connect to the internet or another network called gateway.

• The gateway works like a portal among two programs by means communications between protocol.

• Cost range from $40 to $200

FIREWALL• Network security system that controls

incoming and outgoing network traffic based on applied rule set.

• Cost range from $100 to $20,000

• Ranges from zero to a significant amount.

WIRELESS AP

• Wireless access point (APs or WAPs) are specially configured nodes on wireless local area networks. (WLANs).

• Cost range from $150.00 to over $900.