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The document outlines differences between a Personal Area Network (PAN) and a Wide Area Network (WAN), highlighting PAN's smaller geographic coverage and its main controlling device. It defines network protocols as sets of rules for computer communication and lists advantages of wireless networks, such as mobility and cost-effectiveness. Additionally, it describes the roles of specific protocols within the TCP/IP model, including HTTPS for secure data transfer, UDP for speed without error checking, and IP addresses for device identification on a network.

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computer science protocol hw

The document outlines differences between a Personal Area Network (PAN) and a Wide Area Network (WAN), highlighting PAN's smaller geographic coverage and its main controlling device. It defines network protocols as sets of rules for computer communication and lists advantages of wireless networks, such as mobility and cost-effectiveness. Additionally, it describes the roles of specific protocols within the TCP/IP model, including HTTPS for secure data transfer, UDP for speed without error checking, and IP addresses for device identification on a network.

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Q1) Describe two differences between a PAN and a WAN.

Difference 1 – a PAN (personal area network) covers a small geographic area.

Difference 2 – a PAN has a main device in control of it.

Q2) Shade the two lozenges that are correct statements about network protocols.

A - A protocol is a set of rules

D - Ethernet is a family of protocols

Q3) HTTP is an example of a network protocol.


Define the term network protocol.

A network protocol is a set of rules that allow computers to communicate and exchange data
over a network.

Q4) Computer networks can be installed using wired or wireless technology.


Give three advantages of using a wireless network instead of a wired network.

1 – wireless has mobility as you don't need to drag a wire everywhere to connect to a network.

2 – wireless is cheaper to install than wired

3 – wireless can cover a large area without having to install wiring everywhere.

Q5)

The table below shows three layers of the TCP/IP model and some protocols that
operate at each of these layers.

Layer Protocol

HTTP
HTTPS
Application layer SMTP
IMAP
FTP

TCP
Transport layer
UDP

Internet layer IP
Describe the role of one protocol from each layer in the table above. You must
state which protocol you are describing.

Application layer protocol – HTTPS (Secure Hypertext transfer protocol) is a secure way of
transferring data between a web browser and a server. During transfer the data is encrypted.

Transport layer protocol – UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is an alternative to TCP which
improves speed by getting rid of error checking so it doesn’t stop sending packets to resend
packets that have had an error. This is why people’s camera freezes while on call, but their
audio still comes through.

Internet layer protocol – An IP Adress (Internet Protocol Address) is a unique number sequence
that is given to each device connected to a network which is used to see identify where the
packets are being sent from and where the packets are being sent to.

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