Network Hardware

• WAP: Allows wireless devices to connect to the network
• Switch: connects 2 or more devices together.
• NIC: Allows computer or hardware to connect to the network
• Types of Transmission Media: Ethernet (twisted pair), Fibre Optic (made of glass, breaks easily), Coaxial.
• Hub: A piece of hardware used to connect multiple devices in a network.

  
• host: A server that stores files for other computers to access.
• modem: Allows computers to connect to a network over a telephone line.

  
• Network Interface Card (NIC): A circuit board that is installed in a computer so it can be connected to a network.

  
• Router: directs data packets on a network