A network is an information system usually localized within a set area (buildings, or multiple sites). These multiple sites have terminals or work stations which can access the network amongst them. The mainframe or server is what manages the network through hardware and physical backing-up of the network itself.
its different......basically.network contain hosts can be server or workstation each has unique adddress (thats ip address) to communicate each other
The IP address is of class C.
Conponent of WAN are, cable,file server ,workstation
A network storage server is a piece of equipment that is on the network. The server is used for additional storage for the computers and other items on the network.
SERVER IS A DEVICE THAT IS USED TO SHARE HARDWARE AS WELL AS SOFTWARE RESOURCES. NODES IS ALSO KNOWN AS WORKSTATION.
work station is a server which is help us to connect network
I would daresay it is short for dedicated server. A server that is used only as a server, not as a workstation. This is done for stability; on a large network, this is usually more important than saving one workstation.
Network monitor.
wan
yellow network monitor
The Domain Controller (Server)
Each individual workstation would control its own access. Whereas in a domain environment the server would control access to each individual workstation.
A proxy server is a server that acts as an intermediary between a workstation user and the Internet so that the enterprise can ensure security, administrative control, and caching service. A proxy server is associated with a gateway server that separates the enterprise network from the outside network and a firewall server that protects the enterprise network from outside intrusion.
A workstation - is a dedicated terminal on a network powered by a file-server. The workstation doesn't usually have the ability to transfer files to floppy disk - instead, all work is saved on the file-server. All software on the network is also held on the file-server, and each user accesses the program(s) they need by logging-on. A typical system would be a network of UNIX terminals.
Connectors
A person standing a workstation sending a document to a file server is an example of the client/server architecture.
The first thing to ensure that you are running the NIC on the client at Full Duplex and also ensure that the switch that you are using to connect to the server is running a Gibabit NOC and running 1000SX and not running 100TXUsing your scenario of one server and one computerServer - At least two Gigabit network cards. Team the network cards up so that they act as one.Network - A managed Gigabit switch. Use port aggregation where the server network cards are connected.XP workstation - Gigabit network card.