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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II
5. Introduction to Networking
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Introduction to NetworkingIntroduction to Networking
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What is a Network?
A network consists of 2 or more computers
connected together, and they can communicate and
share resources (e.g. information)
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Why Networking?
• Sharing information — i.e. data communication
• Do you prefer these?
• Or this?
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• Sharing hardware or software
• Centralize administration and support
• E.g. print document
• E.g. Internet-based, so everyone can access the same
administrative or support application from their PCs
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How many kinds of Networks?
• Depending on one’s perspective, we can classify
networks in different ways
• Based on transmission media: Wired (UTP, coaxial
cables, fiber-optic cables) and Wireless
• Based on network size: LAN and WAN (and MAN)
• Based on management method: Peer-to-peer and
Client/Server
• Based on topology (connectivity): Bus, Star, Ring …
:
:
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• Two main categories:
– Guided ― wires, cables
– Unguided ― wireless transmission, e.g. radio,
microwave, infrared, sound, sonar
• We will concentrate on guided media here:
– Twisted-Pair cables:
 Unshielded Twisted-Pair (UTP) cables
 Shielded Twisted-Pair (STP) cables
– Coaxial cables
– Fiber-optic cables
Transmission Media
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• If the pair of wires are not twisted, electromagnetic
noises from, e.g., motors, will affect the closer wire more
than the further one, thereby causing errors
Twisted-Pair Cables
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Wiring:
1-3 White/Orange
2-6 Orange
3-1 White/Green
6-2 Green
4-4 Blue
5-5 White/Blue
7-7 White/Brown
8-8 Brown
Typical Crossover Cable
Basis cof Networking
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Unshielded Twisted-Pair (UTP)
• Typically wrapped inside a plastic cover (for mechanical
protection)
• A sample UTP cable with 5 unshielded twisted pairs of wires
MetalInsulator
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Shielded Twisted-Pair (STP)
• STP cables are similar to UTP cables, except there
is a metal foil or braided-metal-mesh cover that
encases each pair of insulated wires
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Categories of UTP Cables
EIA classifies UTP cables according to the quality:
• Category 1 ― the lowest quality, only good for voice,
mainly found in very old buildings, not recommended now
• Category 2 ― good for voice and low data rates (up to
4Mbps for low-speed token ring networks)
• Category 3 ― at least 3 twists per foot, for up to 10 Mbps
(common in phone networks in residential buildings)
• Category 4 ― up to 16 Mbps (mainly for token rings)
• Category 5 (or 5e) ― up to 100 Mbps (common for
networks targeted for high-speed data communications)
• Category 6 ― more twists than Cat 5, up to 1 Gbps
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Coaxial Cables
• In general, coaxial cables, or coax, carry signals of
higher freq (100KHz–500MHz) than UTP cables
• Outer metallic wrapping serves both as a shield
against noise and as the second conductor that
completes the circuit
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Fiber-Optic Cables
• Light travels at 3×108
ms-1
in free space and is the
fastest possible speed in the Universe
• Light slows down in denser media, e.g. glass
• Refraction occurs at interface, with light bending away
from the normal when it enters a less dense medium
• Beyond the critical angle ⇒ total internal reflection
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• An optical fiber consists of a core (denser material)
and a cladding (less dense material)
• Simplest one is a multimode step-index optical fiber
• Multimode = multiple paths, whereas step-index =
refractive index follows a step-function profile (i.e.
an abrupt change of refractive index between the
core and the cladding)
• Light bounces back and forth along the core
• Common light sources: LEDs and lasers
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Advantages and Disadvantages
 Noise resistance ― external light is blocked by outer
jacket
 Less signal attenuation ― a signal can run for miles
without regeneration (currently, the lowest measured
loss is about ~4% or 0.16dB per km)
 Higher bandwidth ― currently, limits on data rates come
from the signal generation/reception technology, not the
fiber itself
 Cost ― Optical fibers are expensive
 Installation/maintenance ― any crack in the core will
degrade the signal, and all connections must be perfectly
aligned
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LAN and WAN
• Local Area Network (LAN)
• Small network, short distance
• A room, a floor, a building
• Limited by no. of computers and distance covered
• Usually one kind of technology throughout the LAN
• Serve a department within an organization
• Examples:
• Network inside the Student Computer Room
• Network inside your home
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• Wide Area Network (WAN)
• A network that uses long-range telecommunication links
to connect 2 or more LANs/computers housed in different
places far apart.
• Towns, states, countries
• Examples:
• Network of our Campus
• Internet
WAN
Student
Computer Centre
Your home
USA
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• Example WAN technologies:
• ISDN – Integrated Service Digital Network
• Basic rate: 192 Kbps Primary rate: 1.544Mbps
• T-Carriers ― basically digital phone lines
• T1: 1.544Mbps T3: 28×T1
• Frame relay
• Each link offers 1.544Mbps or even higher
• ATM – Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• Support B-ISDN: 155Mbps or 622Mbps or higher
• SONET – Synchronous Optical Network
• Basic rate OC1: 51.84Mbps
• Support OC12 and up to OC192 (9953.28Mbps) or
even higher in the future
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• Example of WAN: Broadband Cable Network
• Cable TV services have been extensively developed in most
modern cities
• Cable TV companies try to make use of their coaxial cable
installed (that are supposed to carry TV signals) to deliver
broadband data services
• Many cable network wiring has been replaced with hybrid
fiber-coax (HFC) ― i.e. use of fiber-optic cable to connect
to the subscribers’ buildings, and then the original coaxial
cable to connect to each household
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The connection is shared by a
number of subscribers, hence
may raise performance and
security problems
Fiber-optic cable
Cable companyCoaxial
Cable
TV
PC
Cable
Drop
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• Cable is an asymmetrical technology
• Downstream: max 36 Mbps
• Upstream: max 10 Mbps
• May be reduced to 3 – 10 Mbps downstream and 2
Mbps upstream, depending on no. of subscribers
• Need a special cable modem Ethernet
link to PC
Coaxial link
from cable TV
socket
Teryon Cable Modem
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Peer-to-Peer Networks
• Peer-to-peer network is also called workgroup
• No hierarchy among computers ⇒ all are equal
• No administrator responsible for the network
Peer-to-peer
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• Advantages of peer-to-peer networks:
• Low cost
• Simple to configure
• User has full accessibility of the computer
• Disadvantages of peer-to-peer networks:
• May have duplication in resources
• Difficult to uphold security policy
• Difficult to handle uneven loading
• Where peer-to-peer network is appropriate:
• 10 or less users
• No specialized services required
• Security is not an issue
• Only limited growth in the foreseeable future
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Clients and Servers
• Network ClientsClients (WorkstationWorkstation)
• Computers that request network resources or services
• Network ServersServers
• Computers that manage and provide network resources
and services to clients
• Usually have more processing power, memory and
hard disk space than clients
• Run Network Operating System that can manage not
only data, but also users, groups, security, and
applications on the network
• Servers often have a more stringent requirement on its
performance and reliability
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• Advantages of client/server networks
• Facilitate resource sharing – centrally administrate and
control
• Facilitate system backup and improve fault tolerance
• Enhance security – only administrator can have access
to Server
• Support more users – difficult to achieve with peer-to-
peer networks
• Disadvantages of client/server networks
• High cost for Servers
• Need expert to configure the network
• Introduce a single point of failure to the system
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Topology ― 3 basic types
• How so many computers are connected together?
Bus Topology Ring Topology
Star Topology
Hub
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• Bus Topology
• Simple and low-cost
• A single cable called a trunk (backbone, segment)
• Only one computer can send messages at a time
• Passive topology - computer only listen for, not
regenerate data
• Star Topology
• Each computer has a cable connected to a single point
• More cabling, hence higher cost
• All signals transmission through the hub; if down, entire
network down
• Depending on the intelligence of hub, two or more
computers may send message at the same time
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How to construct a network
with Bus / Star Topology?
Star Topology
Bus Topology
BNC T-Connector
Coaxial
cable
Network Card
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• Ring Topology
• Every computer serves as
a repeater to boost signals
• Typical way to send data:
• Token passing
• only the computer who
gets the token can send
data
• Disadvantages
• Difficult to add computers
• More expensive
• If one computer fails, whole network fails
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References
• Held G., “Internetworking LANs and WANs – Concepts,
Techniques and Methods”, Wiley, 2nd Ed., 1998
 Comment: Good at concepts
• Stallings W., “Data and Computer Communications”, Prentice
Hall, 7th Ed., 2004
 Comment: Good at concepts and very up-to-date
• Forouzan B. A, “Data Communications and Networking”,
McGraw-Hill, 2nd Ed., 2000
 Comment: Many good revision questions at ends of chapters
• Redmond W., “MCSE Training Kit: Networking Essentials
Plus”, Microsoft Press, 2000
 Comment: Practical oriented

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  • 1. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 1 Introduction to NetworkingIntroduction to Networking
  • 2. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 2 What is a Network? A network consists of 2 or more computers connected together, and they can communicate and share resources (e.g. information)
  • 3. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 3 Why Networking? • Sharing information — i.e. data communication • Do you prefer these? • Or this?
  • 4. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 4 • Sharing hardware or software • Centralize administration and support • E.g. print document • E.g. Internet-based, so everyone can access the same administrative or support application from their PCs
  • 5. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 5 How many kinds of Networks? • Depending on one’s perspective, we can classify networks in different ways • Based on transmission media: Wired (UTP, coaxial cables, fiber-optic cables) and Wireless • Based on network size: LAN and WAN (and MAN) • Based on management method: Peer-to-peer and Client/Server • Based on topology (connectivity): Bus, Star, Ring … : :
  • 6. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 6 • Two main categories: – Guided ― wires, cables – Unguided ― wireless transmission, e.g. radio, microwave, infrared, sound, sonar • We will concentrate on guided media here: – Twisted-Pair cables:  Unshielded Twisted-Pair (UTP) cables  Shielded Twisted-Pair (STP) cables – Coaxial cables – Fiber-optic cables Transmission Media
  • 7. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 7 • If the pair of wires are not twisted, electromagnetic noises from, e.g., motors, will affect the closer wire more than the further one, thereby causing errors Twisted-Pair Cables
  • 8. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking Wiring: 1-3 White/Orange 2-6 Orange 3-1 White/Green 6-2 Green 4-4 Blue 5-5 White/Blue 7-7 White/Brown 8-8 Brown Typical Crossover Cable Basis cof Networking
  • 9. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 9 Unshielded Twisted-Pair (UTP) • Typically wrapped inside a plastic cover (for mechanical protection) • A sample UTP cable with 5 unshielded twisted pairs of wires MetalInsulator
  • 10. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 10 Shielded Twisted-Pair (STP) • STP cables are similar to UTP cables, except there is a metal foil or braided-metal-mesh cover that encases each pair of insulated wires
  • 11. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 11 Categories of UTP Cables EIA classifies UTP cables according to the quality: • Category 1 ― the lowest quality, only good for voice, mainly found in very old buildings, not recommended now • Category 2 ― good for voice and low data rates (up to 4Mbps for low-speed token ring networks) • Category 3 ― at least 3 twists per foot, for up to 10 Mbps (common in phone networks in residential buildings) • Category 4 ― up to 16 Mbps (mainly for token rings) • Category 5 (or 5e) ― up to 100 Mbps (common for networks targeted for high-speed data communications) • Category 6 ― more twists than Cat 5, up to 1 Gbps
  • 12. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 12 Coaxial Cables • In general, coaxial cables, or coax, carry signals of higher freq (100KHz–500MHz) than UTP cables • Outer metallic wrapping serves both as a shield against noise and as the second conductor that completes the circuit
  • 13. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 13 Fiber-Optic Cables • Light travels at 3×108 ms-1 in free space and is the fastest possible speed in the Universe • Light slows down in denser media, e.g. glass • Refraction occurs at interface, with light bending away from the normal when it enters a less dense medium • Beyond the critical angle ⇒ total internal reflection
  • 14. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 14 • An optical fiber consists of a core (denser material) and a cladding (less dense material) • Simplest one is a multimode step-index optical fiber • Multimode = multiple paths, whereas step-index = refractive index follows a step-function profile (i.e. an abrupt change of refractive index between the core and the cladding) • Light bounces back and forth along the core • Common light sources: LEDs and lasers
  • 15. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 15 Advantages and Disadvantages  Noise resistance ― external light is blocked by outer jacket  Less signal attenuation ― a signal can run for miles without regeneration (currently, the lowest measured loss is about ~4% or 0.16dB per km)  Higher bandwidth ― currently, limits on data rates come from the signal generation/reception technology, not the fiber itself  Cost ― Optical fibers are expensive  Installation/maintenance ― any crack in the core will degrade the signal, and all connections must be perfectly aligned
  • 16. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 16 LAN and WAN • Local Area Network (LAN) • Small network, short distance • A room, a floor, a building • Limited by no. of computers and distance covered • Usually one kind of technology throughout the LAN • Serve a department within an organization • Examples: • Network inside the Student Computer Room • Network inside your home
  • 17. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 17 • Wide Area Network (WAN) • A network that uses long-range telecommunication links to connect 2 or more LANs/computers housed in different places far apart. • Towns, states, countries • Examples: • Network of our Campus • Internet WAN Student Computer Centre Your home USA
  • 18. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 18 • Example WAN technologies: • ISDN – Integrated Service Digital Network • Basic rate: 192 Kbps Primary rate: 1.544Mbps • T-Carriers ― basically digital phone lines • T1: 1.544Mbps T3: 28×T1 • Frame relay • Each link offers 1.544Mbps or even higher • ATM – Asynchronous Transfer Mode • Support B-ISDN: 155Mbps or 622Mbps or higher • SONET – Synchronous Optical Network • Basic rate OC1: 51.84Mbps • Support OC12 and up to OC192 (9953.28Mbps) or even higher in the future
  • 19. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 19 • Example of WAN: Broadband Cable Network • Cable TV services have been extensively developed in most modern cities • Cable TV companies try to make use of their coaxial cable installed (that are supposed to carry TV signals) to deliver broadband data services • Many cable network wiring has been replaced with hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) ― i.e. use of fiber-optic cable to connect to the subscribers’ buildings, and then the original coaxial cable to connect to each household
  • 20. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 20 The connection is shared by a number of subscribers, hence may raise performance and security problems Fiber-optic cable Cable companyCoaxial Cable TV PC Cable Drop
  • 21. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 21 • Cable is an asymmetrical technology • Downstream: max 36 Mbps • Upstream: max 10 Mbps • May be reduced to 3 – 10 Mbps downstream and 2 Mbps upstream, depending on no. of subscribers • Need a special cable modem Ethernet link to PC Coaxial link from cable TV socket Teryon Cable Modem
  • 22. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 22 Peer-to-Peer Networks • Peer-to-peer network is also called workgroup • No hierarchy among computers ⇒ all are equal • No administrator responsible for the network Peer-to-peer
  • 23. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 23 • Advantages of peer-to-peer networks: • Low cost • Simple to configure • User has full accessibility of the computer • Disadvantages of peer-to-peer networks: • May have duplication in resources • Difficult to uphold security policy • Difficult to handle uneven loading • Where peer-to-peer network is appropriate: • 10 or less users • No specialized services required • Security is not an issue • Only limited growth in the foreseeable future
  • 24. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 24 Clients and Servers • Network ClientsClients (WorkstationWorkstation) • Computers that request network resources or services • Network ServersServers • Computers that manage and provide network resources and services to clients • Usually have more processing power, memory and hard disk space than clients • Run Network Operating System that can manage not only data, but also users, groups, security, and applications on the network • Servers often have a more stringent requirement on its performance and reliability
  • 25. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 25 • Advantages of client/server networks • Facilitate resource sharing – centrally administrate and control • Facilitate system backup and improve fault tolerance • Enhance security – only administrator can have access to Server • Support more users – difficult to achieve with peer-to- peer networks • Disadvantages of client/server networks • High cost for Servers • Need expert to configure the network • Introduce a single point of failure to the system
  • 26. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 26 Topology ― 3 basic types • How so many computers are connected together? Bus Topology Ring Topology Star Topology Hub
  • 27. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 27 • Bus Topology • Simple and low-cost • A single cable called a trunk (backbone, segment) • Only one computer can send messages at a time • Passive topology - computer only listen for, not regenerate data • Star Topology • Each computer has a cable connected to a single point • More cabling, hence higher cost • All signals transmission through the hub; if down, entire network down • Depending on the intelligence of hub, two or more computers may send message at the same time
  • 28. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 28 How to construct a network with Bus / Star Topology? Star Topology Bus Topology BNC T-Connector Coaxial cable Network Card
  • 29. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 29 • Ring Topology • Every computer serves as a repeater to boost signals • Typical way to send data: • Token passing • only the computer who gets the token can send data • Disadvantages • Difficult to add computers • More expensive • If one computer fails, whole network fails T T T dat a T dat a T dat a T dat a T dat a T dat a T Ack T Ack T Ack TAck T
  • 30. ENG224 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Part II 5. Introduction to Networking 30 References • Held G., “Internetworking LANs and WANs – Concepts, Techniques and Methods”, Wiley, 2nd Ed., 1998  Comment: Good at concepts • Stallings W., “Data and Computer Communications”, Prentice Hall, 7th Ed., 2004  Comment: Good at concepts and very up-to-date • Forouzan B. A, “Data Communications and Networking”, McGraw-Hill, 2nd Ed., 2000  Comment: Many good revision questions at ends of chapters • Redmond W., “MCSE Training Kit: Networking Essentials Plus”, Microsoft Press, 2000  Comment: Practical oriented