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Understanding Network Hardware

Just as you need a working knowledge of the hardware that makes up a PC to

understand how a computer works, you need to be familiar with the hardware that

enables network communication in order to understand how that communication

process works. Networks range from very small (two directly linked computers) to

very large (wide area internetworks that rely on complex hardware devices to link

entire local networks in distant locations).Thus, the number and type of network

hardware devices on a network will vary. However, all computer networking begins

with an interface connecting ...