Benefits of a Network

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Benefits of a Network

There are two types of networks LAN (local area network). LAN networks on the other hand usually only cover small areas of one to several KM. Although this may seem like a large area it is still considered small or local. WAN (wide area network) networks are characterized by the distance the transverse and the fact that they will always be attached to a common carrier of some type, either the good old AT&T or one of the more that 100 common carriers available in any metropolitan area.

These are the networks that you find in schools and offices for example our school network, which is a LAN network covers a large area but is contained on one site. There may be many computers on the network and even several servers but they are always on the one site. The servers serve up information and programs as people working at the network stations request them. It is common to share printers and other output devices, so that saves the organisation money. The software used on the network is also shared. An organisation has to pay a network license fee for the software but this still works out cheaper than buying software for each individual machine. It also allows email, which is the way that much day-to-day communication takes place.
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But it's not all good. The organisation has to pay technical staff to maintain the network. User accounts need to be added and deleted as people join and leave an organisation. Because users' data is stored on the hard drives in the servers these need to be backed up regularly or there would be a public outcry if it were lost. Networks fail occasionally and then no one in the organisation can use the computers. As more users log onto the network, the servers have to share their time among them and the system may slow down. Users ...

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