Premium Essay

Itco Unit 3

In:

Submitted By ecampbell12
Words 1064
Pages 5
Solving Problems Faster with Technology In Today’s World

Solving Problems Faster
E’Ricka Campbell

Abstract
The world as we know today has only developed to this point in the past 5-10 years. Imagine what we would do without the advance technology that we have today. What would we do if we had to write and letter and mail it to someone? What would we do if we had to call a company and wait for a catalog to come by mail to order that prom dress that we want for school or go all the way to the next big city and stand in line to pay for tickets for a concert that is literally two months away from now? But is everything we do in this advance world safe?

Keeping up with the Future
I have done some research on the similarities and differences between wired and wireless networks. I have learned what it takes to set up a network and some of the challenges of using the networks. I have also realized how much the wireless network has grown in the past 5 years.
Ethernet vs. Wireless in todays’ World
Ethernet would be referred to as your wired home network or your land line. The wireless network would be most commonly addressed as a Wi-Fi network system. Both the Ethernet and Wi-Fi connect you to internet services. However; the Ethernet service is much faster than the Wi-Fi service of speeds more than 1000 Mbps. The cost of the Ethernet network is much more expensive than the Wi-Fi because you have the coaxial cables that have to be installed all around the networks as opposed to Wi-Fi which is very easy to set up and the cost of setting up is very low.
There are some pros and cons to having one connection over the other. The pros in Ethernet are more reliable, faster connection and transfers data at super speeds. On the other hand the pro of wireless network gives you more freedom to be mobile with no cables to connect even though its speed is a bit slower than

Similar Documents