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Questions

  1. Describe two differences between a Local Area Network (LAN) and other networks such as a Wide Area Network (WAN) (4)
  2. Give two differences between a Local Area Network (LAN) and a Wide Area Network (WAN). (2)
  3. Discuss the relative merits of server based networks and peer to peer networks. (6)
  4. At the central office of a landscape gardening company there are six employees.  Each employee has a stand-alone computer system and printer.  The company director has commissioned a business survey which indicated that it would be more efficient if the six PCs were formed into a peer to peer network.
  5. State three benefits that the company would gain from networking their computer systems as a peer to peer system rather than a server based system. (3)
  6. What additional hardware would be needed to connect the six stand-alone computer systems as a peer to peer network system?  State why each item is required. (4)
   

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