having to wait until each person has finished speaking and stops sending data.

Networking Components
When creating a LAN network, there are many different components that are used, what components are used depends on the task that the LAN is setup for. A central hub would be used in larger LAN networks to join separate LAN’s together. When the hub receives a packet, it is then broadcast out to all of the connected devices. This may cause security issues as although each packet is closed with an address on it of the correct device, therefore it will be discarded by any other devices, if a user wanted to, they could capture the packet and open it on the wrong device, and no one would be able to tell. Because of this, a hub is often considered a dumb network …show more content…
A switch is what would be wanted when dealing with individual devices, this is because it can filter the packets to only go to the addressed computer. A switch is able to filter the packets as it knows what devices are connected to it, unlike the hub. When you want to connect your LAN to another network, such as the internet you need to use a router. When you want to access or send data to a device outside of the LAN the router will act as a middle man to go find that device in the other networks that it is connected to. In a home environment, you typically only have a router which is capable of acting as a switch and hub at the same time. Because of this the way that a home LAN is set up compared to a business LAN will be different as businesses will need to be able to handle a higher load. A firewall is also an important part of a LAN when you are connected to other external networks, as the firewall will block any incoming packets that were not requested by a device within the LAN. In many home and business situations, Wireless access points (WAP) are becoming more popular, this is because of how easy