Discovering network types
While there are many network topologies within the networking industry, there are also many network types, and each has characteristics. Network types are used to define the geographic boundary or limitation of a network and help network professionals understand the relationship between the connected devices within the network.
In this section, you will discover the key characteristics of various network types and gain a strong understanding of how each network type may differ from the others.
Peer-to-peer
In a peer-to-peer model, each client is logically connected and shares their resources with other clients on the network without the need for a centralized, dedicated server to provide the resources. If a client within the peer-to-peer network has a printer, that client can be configured to share the printer as a resource with other clients on the network. The client that is sharing the printer or resource becomes a server, while the others hosts...