Hardware

• What are the following pieces of hardware you need to create a network?

  NICs, switches, routers and cables
• What is an NIC?

  A network interface card is a piece of hardware that allows a device to connect to a network.
• What is a switch

  Switches connect devices on a LAN. They receive data from one device and transmit it to another
• What is a router?

  Routers transmit data between networks