Lessons Outcomes

• Discuss the purpose of the components required the successful communications and identify various sending and receiving devices.
• Describes the uses of computer communications.
• List advantages of using a network, and differentiate among LANs, MANs, and WANs.
• Differentiate between client/server and peer-to-peer networks.
• Differentiate among a star network, bus network, and ring network.
• Describe the various network communications standards.
• Explain the purpose of communications software.
• Describe the commonly used communications devices.
• Discuss different ways to set up a home network.
• Describe various physical and wireless transmission media.