Design of a LAN

¾  LANs are designed to allow resources to be shared between personal computers or
¾  s  to  be shared can include hardware (printer), software (an

9  Example of a LAN
 of a LAN  found  in many business environments links a

  Transmission Media & Topology
e distinguished from other types of networks by
9  ly one type of Transmission medium 

workstations
The  resourceapplication program) or data.
A common examplework group of task related computers,  for example engineering workstations or Accounting PCs. One of the PCs may be given a large capacity disk and becomes a server to others.Software stored on the server and is used by the whole group. In this case size is determined by software licenses.

  In addition  to  size, LANs ar
Transmission media and topology In general a given LAN will use on
  The most common LAN topology Bus, Star Ring

Data Rates in a LAN  
 1  Mbps
00Mbps and above are also possible
  Traditionally 4 – 6
  Speeds increased and now 1
  Giga Bit LAN technologies