Outubro 2008
Prof. Ismael H. F. Santos
- ismael@tecgraf.puc-rio.br
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Network Types (Cont.)
nWide-Area
Network (WAN) – links geographically separated sites
nPoint-to-point connections over long-haul lines (often
leased from a phone company)
nSpeed »
100 kilobits/second
nBroadcast usually requires multiple messages
nNodes:
nusually a high percentage of mainframes