Wednesday, 8 May 2013

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Carrier Medium

Devices need to be connected via a carrier medium:

  • Metal cable:
  1. Advantages: It uses electrical signals and it is cheap to  by.
  2. Disadvantages: limited capacity maycause problems in installation.
  • Fibre optic cable:
  1. Advantages: uses light beams, it also have a high capacity, resistant to interference and weathering.
  2. Disadvantages: it is more expensive and needs special NICs.
  • Wireless: 
  1. Advantages: no need for building work and it's easy to add new nodes.
  2. Disadvantages: security is more difficult to achieve and it has a limited range.