Chapter 1
•Introduction to Computer Networking
Topics
–Quick overview of why we might want
networks
–Introduction to ideas
Perspectives on Networks
•How do we connect to networks
–Cable Modem
–Office LAN
•Connection is ready to go
Enterprise Networking
•Created by a company to let workers
communicate
Small Office/Home Office (SOHO)
Networking
•Communicate with enterprise, or other
web servers
Interconnected Networks
•Most enterprise networks connect to an
ISP
•Most ISPs interconnect
•The Internet
Flinstones Network
•How do users share date before networks
–Sneakernet
•How can we interconnect computers
–Two-wire Networking cards
•Send Wire
•Receive wire
Sharing Data
•Send transmit from one PC to all PCs
–Multi-port Repeater
•Hub
Sharing Data
•Now all PCs see all data
–Need addressing so PC knows when to
display information
Distributing Data
Making it easy
•Use names instead of number addresses
Summing Up
•Ethernet cards in each computer
•Cards have unique numeric addresses
•Ethernet cables connect cards to hubs
–Hubs repeat the data to other ports
•Cabling is typically in a star configuration
•Users use names, but the computer
speaks in addresses