As i have learned in our subject Data Communication I figured out that the basic components of network are the Clients and Servers.We defined Servers as a central storage point for files or application programs shared on the network.It also provide connections to shared peripheral devices.Clients are the computers being connected to the server and is being used by the users.

    I have also learned that wiring and cabling are very important in a network.There are 3 types of wires the Twisted Pair, Coaxial and the Fiber Optic.Usually in the IT industry we used the Unshielded Twisted Pair Category 5 (10base2).

    In connecting a cable it should have a hub,switches & routers.Hubs are simple devices that interconnect groups of users and it forwards any data packets they receive over one port from one workstation.Switches are smarter than hubs and offer more bandwidth and forwards data packets only to the appropriate port for the intended recipient, based on information in each packet’s header.Routers use a more complete packet “addresses” to determine which router or workstation should receive each packet.

    In our school,the network that we used is LAN or Local Area Network wherein it has a shared Ethernet,a pair of servers and a shared analog modem connecting students and faculty to the internet one at a time.

=Karen Precious Y. Liwaya=