Computer data units (bit sizes), unit of frequency.
It measures how many times an event
here is a complete table from the smallest to the largest: repeats in one second.
Definition
Size in Bytes 1 Hertz (1 Hz) = 1 cycle (or oscillation) per second
Unit Symbol Size in Bits
Common Frequency Units
Bit b 1 bit 1/8 byte
Unit Symbol Value
Nibbl
- 4 bits 1/2 byte
e
Hertz Hz 1 cycle/second
Byte B 8 bits 1 byte
Kilobi Kilohertz kHz 1,000 Hz
Kb 1,024 bits 128 bytes
t
Kilob Megahertz MHz 1,000,000 Hz
KB 8,192 bits 1,024 bytes
yte
Mega 1,000,000,000
Mb 1,048,576 bits 131,072 bytes Gigahertz GHz
bit Hz
Mega 1,048,576
MB 8,388,608 bits
byte bytes
1,000,000,000,
Giga 1,073,741,824 134,217,728 Terahertz THz
Gb 000 Hz
bit bits bytes
Giga 8,589,934,592 1,073,741,824
Understand VLANs,
Wired LANs, and
Wireless
LAN
A local area network (LAN) is a single broadcast domain. This
means the broadcast will be received by every other user on the
LAN if a user broadcasts information on his/her LAN. Broadcasts
are prevented from leaving a LAN by using a router.
Wired LAN
•An electronic circuit or hardware grouping in which the
configuration is determined by the physical interconnection of the
components
Wireless LAN
Communications that take place without the use of
interconnecting wires or cables, such as by radio, microwave, or
infrared light
Wireless networks can be installed:
o Peer-to-peer “Ad hoc” mode—wireless devices can
communicate with each other
o "Infrastructure" mode—allows wireless devices to communicate
with a central node that can communicate with wired nodes on that
LAN
Sample example of a wireless LAN design:
Wired LANs: Advantages
Most wired LANs are built with inexpensive hardware:
1. Network adapter
2. Ethernet cables
3. Hubs
Advantages
Wired LANs provide superior speed and performance
Disadvantages
Difficult to run cables under the floor or through walls especially when
computers sit in different rooms
Require central devices like hubs or routers to accommodate more computers,
which can be expensive
Generally it costs less than wireless equipment for the equivalent wired
Ethernet products
Wireless LANS: Advantages
Easy access to the Internet in public places
Less expensive to install and maintain
Alleviates the need to run wiring through buildings
Disadvantages
The data transfer rate will decrease as computers are added
Lower wireless bandwidth means video streaming will be slow
Security is more difficult to guarantee and requires configuration
Application of LANs
Home and small business computer networks can be built using either wired or
wireless technology
Large companies are trying to move toward wireless but there are more
challenges, especially with security
Wired Ethernet has been the traditional choice in homes, but Wi-Fi wireless
technologies are quickly replacing wired LANs
The VLAN controller can change or add workstations and manage load
balancing and bandwidth allocation more easily than with a physical picture
of the LAN
Network management software keeps track of relating the virtual picture of
the local area network with the actual physical picture