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NetworkingEssentials
Introduction
Anetworkisagroupofsystemsthatareinterconnectedtoallowsharingoffiles orsharingofresources(likeprinters)orforthepurposeofsharingserviceslikeinternet. Objective Thismodulewillfocuson Understandingcomputernetworksanditsimportance. Differentwaysofclassifyingcomputernetworks. TransmissionMedia MediaAccessMethods LANTechnologies
Classificationofcomputernetworks
Network
Basedon Topology
LAN
WAN MAN
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Computernetworkscan beclassifiedonvariouswaysbasedon
GeographicalDistance:Computernetworksmaybeclassifiedaccordingtothescaleor extent of reach of the network as Local Area Network (LAN), Metropolitan Area Network(MAN)andWideAreaNetwork(WAN). Local Area Network (LAN): A network that is limited to a relatively small spatialarea suchasaroom,asingle building,a ship,oranaircraft isrefferedas LAN. Theyaresometimescalled asingle location network.eg.Asmalloffice networkortwo computersisahouseconnectedusingacable. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN): A network that connects two or more Local Area Networks together but does not extend beyond the boundaries of the immediate town, city, or metropolitan area is called as MAN. eg. A branch office connectedtothemainofficeinthesamecity. WideAreaNetwork(WAN): A WAN is adatacommunications networkthat covers a relatively broad geographic area and that often uses transmission facilities providedbycommoncarriers,suchastelephonecompaniesetc.Eg.Internetorabranch officeinIndiaconnectedtoitsCorporateofficeinUnitedStates. Functional Relationship: Based on the relationship that computers share in a network theycanbeclassifedasPeerPeerandClientServerarchitechturesornetworks. PeertoPeer:Apeertopeernetwork(alsocalledasWorkgroupbyMicrosoft)is builtwithouttheuseofacentralserverandeachpeercomputercanshareitsresources withtheothercomputersonthenetworkindependently.Specialsoftwareprotocolssuch as Microsoft NetBEUI and Apples LocalTalk are used for establishing communication acrossPeertoPeernetwork.
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Advantages
Lowcostasexpensivesoftwareandhardwarearenotrequired. Easytoimplement. Resourcesharingcontrolledbyusers. Noneedofadedicatednetworkadministator.
Disadvantages
Lowlevelofsecurity Heavyloadoncomputersbecauseofresourcesharing. Sizeofnetworklimitedtoapproximately10computers. ClientServer: In ClientServer architechure a centralized computer is used to facilitatethesharingofdataand hardwarewithothercomputersonthe network.These centralcomputersarecalledServersandthecomputersusingtheserverarecalledclients.
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Disadvantages Costofserverhardwareandsoftware. Dedicated and well trained network administrator is needed to main this typeofarchitecture. Network Topology: Network Topology is defined as the way in which computers are arranged in a network. Computer networks may be classified according to the network topology upon which the network is based, such as Bus network, Star network, Ring network, Meshnetwork,Hybridnetwork,etc.
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BusTopology
With a bustopology,whenacomputersendsouta signal,the signaltravelsthe cable length in bothdirections fromthesending computer.Whenthe signalreachesthe endofthecablelength,itbouncesbackandreturnsinthedirectionitcamefrom(signal bounce).Signalbounceisaproblem,becauseifanothersignalissentonthecablelength as the same time, the two signals will collide and be destroyed and then must be retransmitted. For this reason, at each end of the cable there is a terminator. The terminator is designed to absorb the signal when the signal reaches the end, preventing signalbounce. Advantages Easytoimplementandextend. Requireslesscablelengthwhencomparedtostartopology. Well suited for temporary or small networks not requiring high speeds (quicksetup). Costeffectivethatothertopologies. Disadvantages Difficulttoadminister/troubleshoot. Scalabilityisverylow. Problemwiththebackbonecableleadstoentirenetworkfailure. Performancedegradesasadditionalcomputersareaddedoronheavy traffic.(Ifmanycomputersareattached,theamountofdataflowing causesthenetworktoslowdown.)
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StarTopology
Advantages Scalable,easytosetupandtoexpand. Failureofasinglecableorasinglecomputerdoesnotaffecttheentire network. Easytoaadminister/troubleshoot. Datapacketsaresentquicklyastheydonothavetotravelthroughany unnecessarynodes. Disadvantages Extrahardware(Hub/Switch)required. FailureofHub/Switchleadstoentirenetworkfailure.
Ring Topology: A ring network is a network topology in which each node connectstoexactlytwoothernodes,formingacircularpathwayforsignals:aring.Data travelsinonedirectionfromnodetonode,witheachnodehandlingeverymessage.
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RingTopology
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Advantages Signal degeration is low because each workstation is responsible for regeneratingorboostingthesignal. Disadvantages Thebiggestproblemwithringtopologyisthatif onecomputerfailsorthe cablelinkisbrokentheentirenetworkcouldgodown. When there is a cable change or when a workstation is moved in the network, brief disconnection can interrupt or bring down the entire network.
MeshTopology
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Advantages
FaultTolerance Providesgreatdealofperformanceandreliability. Disadvantages Veryhardtoadministerandmanagebecauseofnumerousconnections. Costlybecauseoftheadditionalcablingandnetworkinterfacestocreate multiplepathwaysbetweeneachsystem.
TransmissionMedia
Wired
Wireless
CopperCable
Fibre OpticCable
RadioWaves Infrared
Microwave
Coaxial
TwistedPair
Thicknet
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WiredMedia
Themostcommolyusedwiredmediaare Coppercable,whichcarrieselectricalsignals. Fibreopticcable,whichcarriesopticsignals.
Copper Cable: Copper cables uses differences in voltage inorder to transmitt and
receivedata.Thedifferenttypesofcoppercablesusedinnetworkingare Coaxialcables Twistedpaircables.
Coaxialcable:Acoaxialcableconsistsofastiffcopperwireasthecore,surrounded
by an insulating material. The insulator is encased by a mesh of conducting material, wovenasabraidedmesh.Theouterconductoriscoveredinaprotectiveplasticsheath.
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Thicknet Coaxial Cables (10 Base 5): Thickent refers to cables that are thickerandinwhichthebraidedmeshistightlywoven.
ThicknetversusThinnet
CoaxType Cable Grade Thickness Maximum Distance Transfer Rate Connector
Thinknet
RG58
.25inch
185m
10Mbps
BNC
Thicknet
RG8
.5inch
500m
10Mbps
AUI
Twisted Pair Cables (10 Base T): A twisted pair cable consists of four pairs (eight individual wires), which are twisted one on the top of the other. Each wire is coveredbyauniquecolourcodedplasticsheath,whichallowswirestobedistinguished fromoneanother.Allofthewiresarethenencapsulatedinaplasticsheath.Themaximum distancethattwistedpaircablescancarrysignaleffectivelyisupto100meters.
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Therearetwotypesoftwistedpaircables Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) Cable: STP cabling includes metal shieldingovereachindividualpairofcopperwires.Thistypeofshielding protects cable from external EMI (electromagnetic interference). These cablesareoften usedforTokenringnetworks.
Unsheilded Twisted Pair (UTP) Cable: UTP cables as the name indicatesareunshieldedandlackanadditionalmetalshielding.Basedon thenumberoftwistsperinchUTPcablesarecatetogorisedintodifferent categories. CategoriesofUnshieldedTwistedPair
Type
TransferRate
Use
Category1
1Mbps(Voice)
TelephoneWire
Category2
4Mbps(Data)
LocalTalk
Category3
10Mbps(Data)
Ethernet
Category4
16Mbps(Data)
TokenRing
Category5
100Mbps(Data)
FastEthernet
Category5e
1000Mbps(Data)
GigabitEthernet
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RJ11andRJ45 WiringScheme CAT 5 UTP cabling usually uses only four wires when sending and receivinginformationonthenetwork.Thefourwiresoftheeigththatareusedarewires 1,2,3and6. When you configurethewire forthesamepinateitherendofthecable,this is knownasastraightthroughcable.Thistypeofcableisusedforconnectingdissimilar devices.Forexample,computerandastandardportinaswitch. Whenyou switchwires1and2withwires3 and6atoneendthenthattypeof cable is called as crossover cable. This type of cable is used for connecting similar devices.Forexample,connectingtwocomputersdirectly.
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StraightThrough&CrossOverCablePinouts
reflects signals back into the fibre to reduce signal loss. This type of cable can carrysignaluptoandbeyond2Kilometersatahighspeedof1+Gbps.
FiberOptic
Therearetwotypesoffibreopticcables:singlemodefibreandmultimodefibre. Singlemodefibreusesasinglerayoflighttocarrythetransmissionoverlongdistances. Multimodefibreusesmultipleraysoflightsimultaneouslywitheachrayoflightrunning atadifferentreflectionangletocarrythetransmissionovershortdistances. Connectors used for fibreoptic cables are Straight Tip (ST) and Subscriber Connector (SC). Fibreoptic cables are by far the expensive of these cabling methods, and are not desirableforsmallnetworks.
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WirelessMedia
Wirless media makes use of the atmosphere, hence referred to as unbound medium a circuit with no formal boundaries. This types of medium doesnot use any physical connectors between the two devices that are communicating. Transmissions of waves take place in the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum. The carrier frequency of the data is expressedincyclespersecondcalledhertz(Hz).Thethreebroadcategoriesofwireless mediaare: Radio Waves 10 KHz to 1 GHz. The Federal communications Commission (FCC) regulates the assignment of these frequencies. Frequenciesforunregulateduseare: 902928MHz 2.4GHz 5.725.85GHz
Microwave Used to link networks over long distances but the two microwavetowersmusthavealineofsightbetweenthem.Thefrequency isusually46GHzor2123GHz.Speedisoften110Mbps.Thesignal isnormallyencryptedforprivacy.
Infrared Infrared is just below the visible range of light between 100 GHz and 1000 THz. A light emitting diode (LED) or laser is used to transmit the signal. The signal cannot travel through objects and line of sightisamust.
MediaAccessMethods
An access method determines how nodes on a network, place the data/packet on the media. There are three different types of LAN access methodsCSMA/CD, CSMA/CA, TokenPassing.
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whetherthereisasignalalreadyonthewireifthereis,thehostwillwaittotransmitthe dataif not it transmits the data immediately. The problem with this process is that, if there are two systems on the media that sense the media at the same time to see if the mediaisfree,theywillbothsendthedataoutatthesametime(MultipleAccess)leading tocollisionwhichgeneratesahighvoltagejamsignalmakingallthehostsinthemedia stopsendingthedataforarandomtimeintervalbeforeresendingthedataframethereby preventingacollisionthesecondtime(CollisionDetection).
Collision
Carrier Sense Multiple Access Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) is a network contentionprotocolusedpopularly in Wireless networks(IEEE802.11)whichattempts to prevent collisions before they happen. With CSMA/CA, before a host sends data on themediaitwillsensethemediatoseeifthewireisfreeofsignalsoncethechannelis clear,astationsendsasignaltellingallotherstationsnottotransmit,andthensendsthe packet.
TokenPassingisaLANaccessmethodwherea"token"ispassedaroundthenodesina roundrobin fashion that authorizes the node to communicate. Here only the system whichhasthe"token"cancommunicate.Thetokenisacontrolmechanismwhichgives authority tothe system to communicate or use the resources of that network. Once the communicationisover,thetokenispassedtothenextcandidateinasequentialmanner. Forexample,ifWorkstation1wantstosenddataonthewire,itwouldwaitforthetoken, whichiscirclinginthenetworkmillionsoftimespersecond.Oncethetokenhasreached theWorkstation1,itwouldtakethetokenoffthenetwork,pakageitwithdataandlabel itwiththesourceaddressanddestinationaddressandpassessitontothenext
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CSMA/CA
workstation in the network. All systems will look atthe token, but will not process it sinceitisnotdestinedforthem.However,thesystemthatistheintendeddestinationwill takethedataandpasstheemptytokentothenextcomputerinthesequence.Thisaccess methodisdeployedinTokenringnetworks(IEEE802.5).
LANTechnologies
Each computer in a LAN can effectively send and receive any information addressedtoit.Thisinformationisintheformofdata'packets'.Thestandardsfollowed
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Ethernet
Thisisthemostpopularnetworkarchitectureforlocalarenetworks(LAN).Ethernetuses CarrierSenseMultipleAccesswithCollisionDetection(CSMA/CD)protocoltocontrol access to network.Ethernet specifications define the function thatoccur atthe physical and datalink layer of the OSI reference model and package data into frames for transmissiononthewire.Itisavailableinthreespeeds: 10MbpswhichiscalledEthernet IEEE802.3 100MbpswhichisFastEthernet IEEE802.3u 1000Mbpsor1GbpswhichiscalledGigabitEthernet IEEE802.3ab
TokenRing(IEEE802.5)
Token ring is a LAN technology that was developed by IBM. This is a 4Mbps or 16 Mbps tokenpassing method, operating in a ring topology. Devices on a Token Ring networkgetaccesstothemediathroughtokenpassing.
FDDI(FiberDistributedDataInterface)
Its a highspeed networking technology used mainly for campus backbones. FDDI provides data speed at 100Mbps which is faster than Token Ring and Ethernet LANs. FDDIcomprisetwoindependent,counterrotatingrings:aprimaryringandasecondary ring.Dataflowsinoppositedirectionsontherings.Thecounterrotatingringarchitecture preventsdatalossintheeventofalinkfailure,anodefailure,orthefailureofboththe primary and secondary links between any two nodes. This technology is usually implementedforabackbonenetwork.
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References
Network+ GeneE.Clarke NetworkingEssentialsJohnNash EncyclopediaofNetworkingMitchTullochandIngridTulloch CCNAStudyGuideToddLammle www.microsoft.com/technet www.firewall.cx
Review
Networkreferstotheinterconnectionofcomputersornetworkingdevicesforthe purposeoffilesharingandresourcesharing. Networks can be classified based on geographical distance as LAN, MAN and WANbasedonfunctionalrelationshipaspeerpeerandclientserverbasedon topologyasbus,star, ring,meshandhybridnetworks. Transmissionmediaprovidesthepathforonecomputertotransferinformationto another. This can either be a wired or a wireless medium. Wired mdium uses cables copper cables or fibre optic, whereas the wireless uses Radio waves or infraredormicrowaveradiationinordertosendandreceivedata. Mediaaccessmethods:CSMA/CD(IEEE802.3),CSMA/CA(IEEE802.11)and TokenPassing(IEEE802.5). LANaccessmethods: Ethernet,TokenRingandFDDI.
ReviewQuestions
1. Acompanyhasoffices in Chennaiand Bangalore.Bothnetworksareconnected to allow the two locations to communicate. This is considered as what type of network? a. LAN b. CAN c. MAN d. WAN
2.Whichnetworktopologyrequirestheuseofterminators?
3.Thedistancelimitationof10Base2is_________meters.
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4. ____________cablesendsthesignalaspulsesoflightthroughaglasscore?
5. WhichnetworkarchitectureisdefinedastheIEEE802.3standard?
6. Nametheconnectorsusedforconnectingtwistedpaircables?
7. Whattypeofcableisusedforconnectingacomputerwithanothercomputer?
8. ExplainhownodesinanEthernetnetworkdetectcollision?
9. Whataretheradiofrequenciesthatarepreferredforwirelesstransmission?
10. HubandSwitcharedevicesthatworkin__________topology.
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LAB
1. Fromthegivencablesidentifythefollowingandalsonotedownyourobservation intheformofadiagram.
a. StraightThroughCable
b. CrossOverCable
c. Telephonecable
d. CoaxialCable
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2. Fromthegivenconnectorsidentifythefollowingandnotedownyourobservation informofadiagram.Alsomentionthetypeofcableforwhichitcabeused.
a. RJ11
b. RJ45
c. BNC
d. AUI
ELO(ExpectedLearningOutcome)
Networkanditsimportance. Differentwaysofclassifyingnetworks. Basicunderstandingofthedifferentnetworktopologies. Know and appreciate the different types of media, along with their advantages,disadvantagesandtheirconnectors. In depth understanding of the different media access methods, like, CSMA/CD,CSMA/CAandTokenPassing. AwarenessaboutthedifferentLANtechnologies.
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