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Network Classification: by Structure / Functional Relationship

This document discusses different types of computer networks. It describes client/server networks, where nodes are clients and servers control access to shared data. It also describes peer-to-peer networks where all nodes have equal roles and share their own resources. Finally, it defines an internetwork as the connection of two or more networks, and describes specific types including intranets, extranets, and the global Internet.

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Network Classification: by Structure / Functional Relationship

This document discusses different types of computer networks. It describes client/server networks, where nodes are clients and servers control access to shared data. It also describes peer-to-peer networks where all nodes have equal roles and share their own resources. Finally, it defines an internetwork as the connection of two or more networks, and describes specific types including intranets, extranets, and the global Internet.

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Network Classification

 By Structure / Functional Relationship


 Client / Server
 Peer to Peer (P2PN)
Client/Server network

 Nodes and servers share data roles


 Nodes are called clients
 Servers are used to control access
 Database software
 Access to data controlled by server
 Server is the most important computer
Peer to peer networks (P2PN)

 All nodes are equal


 Nodes access resources on other nodes
 Each node controls its own resources
 Most modern OS allow P2PN
 Distributed computing is a form
 Kazaa
Internetwork
 An Internetwork is the connection of two or more
distinct computer networks or network segments
via a common routing technology.

 Any interconnection among or between public,


private, commercial, industrial, or governmental
networks may also be defined as an
internetwork.
Internetwork
 Intranet
 An intranet is a set of networks, using the Internet Protocol and IP-based tools
such as web browsers and file transfer applications, that is under the control of a
single administrative entity.
 Most commonly, an intranet is the internal network of an organization
 Extranet
 An extranet is a network or internetwork that is limited in scope to a single
organization or entity but which also has limited connections to the networks of
one or more other usually, but not necessarily, trusted organizations or entities
 by definition, an extranet cannot consist of a single LAN; it must have at least
one connection with an external network.
 Internet
 The Internet consists of a worldwide interconnection of governmental, academic,
public, and private networks based upon the networking technologies of the
Internet Protocol Suite.
 It is the successor of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
(ARPANET) developed by DARPA of the U.S. Department of Defense.
 The Internet is also the communications backbone underlying the World Wide
Web (WWW).

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