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Unit 5 - Communications Technology
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... Assignment 2- Task 5 - P4-describe and illustrate the role of the various components, which make up a LAN. LAN Components LAN consists of a server computer and several network station computers. Each computer must have a network card, which is normally called an NIC (network interface card), and there must be some way of interconnecting the computers. There are 3 different types of components that get together to make up Each node or computer in the LAN has its own computing power but it can also access other devices on the LAN subject to the permissions it has been allowed. These could include data, processing power, and the ability to communicate or chat with other users in the network. The components are as follow: 1. Workstations Workstations http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/u0311625/star.html A Server is a computer that provides LAN services to all the workstation computers. There is not essentially any thing special about the hardware of














