Factors affecting network performance

• Can Affect Network Signal: Distance to WAP, Barriers- walls, number of users.
• Factors Affecting Network performance: Latency, Transmission Media, No. Of users, Error Rate, Bandwidth.
• Bandwidth: How much data can be transferred
• Latency - Time delay in a computer system

  
• Transmission Media: Fibre Optic Cable, Coaxial Cable, Twisted pair cable.

  
• Bandwidth: is a measure of the amount of data that can be transfered over a period of time.

  
• Transmission Media: How data is transferred from point A to point B physically, either by cable or wirelessly.

  
• Physical Strategy to protect network:

  
  

  • Install CCTV
  • Locked Doors and Windows
  • Keycards
  • Passcode on doors.
• The number of Of users or devices on a network: The more users, the more divided the bandwidth would be, slower network speed.