The latest articles on DEV Community by Francis Anya (@aboveall). https://dev.to/aboveall https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1236864%2Feb3c99e8-0e8b-4723-bfb4-49ed3523baf9.png https://dev.to/aboveall en Francis Anya Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:41:18 +0000 https://dev.to/aboveall/local-area-networking-5112 https://dev.to/aboveall/local-area-networking-5112 <p><strong>We will start by Defining what a local area network (LAN)<br> is all about.</strong></p> <p>A local area network (LAN) is a collection of devices connected together in one physical location, such as a building, office, or home. A LAN can be small or large, ranging from a home network with one user to an enterprise network with thousands of users and devices in an office or school.</p> <h2> TYPES OF LOCAL AREA NETWORK </h2> <ol> <li>Client-server LAN</li> <li>Peer to peer LAN</li> <li>Token ring LAN</li> <li>Wired LAN</li> <li>Wireless LAN</li> <li><p>Cloud manage LAN</p></li> <li><p><strong>Client-server LAN</strong><br> This type of Local area communicate at the same time in a <br> network whereby the server provide Data to the client system.<br> <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--JDle5tjL--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/s4ili2d6fwwixc3llw5y.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--JDle5tjL--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/s4ili2d6fwwixc3llw5y.png" alt="Image description" width="553" height="403"></a></p></li> <li><p><strong>Peer to peer LAN</strong><br> In this type of networking there is no Central server all the <br> connected system share there resource together.</p></li> </ol> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--mkwiNiqD--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/yzj19vmhqip3aoautz6d.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--mkwiNiqD--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/yzj19vmhqip3aoautz6d.png" alt="Image description" width="591" height="407"></a></p> <ol> <li><p><strong>Token ring LAN</strong><br> In the Token ring LAN all devices are connected in a ring <br> form. A token is Assigned to all Devices based on their <br> requirement. This was introduced by IBM in 1984.<br> <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--qrL-s6NB--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/vj9d60sr0gqhcn65hxap.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--qrL-s6NB--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/vj9d60sr0gqhcn65hxap.png" alt="Image description" width="217" height="232"></a></p></li> <li><p><strong>Wired LAN</strong><br> Wired LAN is the most common LAN it uses a medium to transmit <br> to each device connected to it, such medium include (Fiber <br> optics, Coaxial cable, copper cable(Shielded twisted pair and <br> Unshielded twisted pair)<br> <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--6ZtpMLsq--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/fucp4ewzkov78uk572y3.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--6ZtpMLsq--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/fucp4ewzkov78uk572y3.png" alt="Image description" width="800" height="534"></a></p></li> <li><p><strong>Wireless LAN</strong><br> Wireless LAN is just like the wired LAN the difference is the <br> medium of communication it uses wireless device such as <br> wireless router, access point, wireless repeater for it <br> communication.<br> <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--vHaYqFJ1--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/wpnu0ufxz6udmur3qv6f.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--vHaYqFJ1--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/wpnu0ufxz6udmur3qv6f.jpg" alt="Image description" width="582" height="340"></a></p></li> <li><p><strong>Cloud managed LAN</strong><br> Cloud managed LAN is a type of LAN where a dedicated cloud <br> platform is used to managed all the devices.<br> This is what all organization are keying into currently, and <br> this is the future of networking we have many Cloud providers <br> like AWS, Azure, Oracle cloud service, Alibaba cloud, Goggle <br> cloud.</p></li> </ol> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--N_qIO2ur--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/3rlrxf2lvag53pr0ydgv.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--N_qIO2ur--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/3rlrxf2lvag53pr0ydgv.png" alt="Image description" width="600" height="400"></a></p> <h2> NETWORK TOPOLOGY </h2> <ol> <li>Star Topology</li> <li>Bus Topology</li> <li>Ring Topology</li> <li>Tree Topology</li> </ol>