Servers
Its not a Router.. they only manage traffic on the network. Servers are specialized COMPUTERS that manage network resources and ALLOW computers access to the network.. BINGO! Sounds like you are talking about a "Router". A router manages and direct traffic on your local network. Routers make your connection faster and easier. It also makes your local network more secure!
File servers do those things. There are specialized servers as well, for example web servers, database servers, remote access servers, fax servers--the list goes on and on. But file servers are the backbone of providing access and managing files and who has access to what resources at which times.BTW. Access to the network is usually referred to as Authentication. And Rights or Security Management is usually what controls access to files, printers, and other resources.
Yes. A server is the main component (besides the cables, hubs, and NICs) of a network. The server, as its name suggests, "serves up" resources to the network for client workstations to access. The Administrator account on the server is able to manage which normal users get to access the resources and also manages which resources they get to access and what they can do to them.
Local Area Network (LAN) allows two or more computers to access the internet through a single router and, by creating a shared folder/directory, to share data between any computer connected to the LAN.
the owner of the resource.
proxy or firewall
Its not a Router.. they only manage traffic on the network. Servers are specialized COMPUTERS that manage network resources and ALLOW computers access to the network.. BINGO! Sounds like you are talking about a "Router". A router manages and direct traffic on your local network. Routers make your connection faster and easier. It also makes your local network more secure!
File servers do those things. There are specialized servers as well, for example web servers, database servers, remote access servers, fax servers--the list goes on and on. But file servers are the backbone of providing access and managing files and who has access to what resources at which times.BTW. Access to the network is usually referred to as Authentication. And Rights or Security Management is usually what controls access to files, printers, and other resources.
Workgroup
Yes. A server is the main component (besides the cables, hubs, and NICs) of a network. The server, as its name suggests, "serves up" resources to the network for client workstations to access. The Administrator account on the server is able to manage which normal users get to access the resources and also manages which resources they get to access and what they can do to them.
To reduce or eliminate costs that can result when end users manipulate PC's and other network resources, or when unauthorized USERS ACCESS NETWORK RESOURCES
Network Access point
there is no limit of computers.. it depends on the local access network network's strength, capability.
Local Area Network (LAN) allows two or more computers to access the internet through a single router and, by creating a shared folder/directory, to share data between any computer connected to the LAN.
a way or means to connect to the network & access network resources....
That would be called a server. A server "serves" the computer files or printer access over the network for client computers access.
A network standard