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What resources other than printing can be shared on a network?
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What is a device that shares its resources with other network devices?
One device that is shared on the network is a router. This is the one that will connect the various devices to the shared network.
What might one need a network switch for?
Network switches can connect a computer with other devices, such as a printer, thus creating a network of shared resources. The switch allows these devices to exchange information.
Which one of the following terms commonly refers to a network where one computer provides shared resources to other computers?
Internet? A Cloud? Syncing?
What is the windows network?
Several Computer nodes which are installed with any MS Windows OS and are connected with each other in peer (workgroup) or in domain model is called a Windows Network. Usually computers are connected in network with each other to utilize shared resources for maximum utilization. The most common shared resource which we can see is a printer.
What are shared files?
These are files that are shared with your network, or other people using the computer.
What are shared user files?
These are files that are shared with your network, or other people using the computer.
What is made by shared library?
Shared library is a networking term that is used amongst computers in the same network. A computer's library containing pictures or other media can be made accessible to other computers in the network.
If you have implemented a network where each device provides shared files with all other devices on the network. what type of network do you have?
Peer-to-peer
What contains other documents and folders that are available to other computer users on the network?
shared documents folder
Outline three possible problems of sharing data within a network?
When you share data you are allowing other people to see whatever folders are shared on your computer and you can see whatever folders are shared on their computer. There are some inherent problems, like someone deleting an important paper you wrote and stored it on the shared network. Some disgruntled employee could easily delete everything on the shared network. Finally, someone could change data that you had on the shared network.
How can you provide full access to some of your files while giving read-only access to other files shared on the network?
how can you provide full access to some of your files while giving read-only access to other files shared on the network
What is the advantage of peer to peer LAN?
a) It is easy to install and so is the configuration of computers on this network, b) There is no need for full-time System Administrator. Every user is the administrator of his machine. User can control their shared resources. c) All the resources and contents are shared by all the peers, unlike server-client architecture where Server shares all the contents and resources. d) P2P is more reliable as central dependency is eliminated. Failure of one peer doesn't affect the functioning of other peers. In case of Client -Server network, if server goes down whole network gets affected.
