The past month, we touched on certain areas of networking including an introduction to Local Area Networking and also the main contrasting factors in the two main branches of networks, i.e. LAN and WAN. If you take computing in general today, most organizations, the Internet and even individuals on a small scale look to network computers, the reasons behind these are clear, however there is a downside to it as well. Lets take a look at both these below.
- In a Local Area Network peripherals like printers maybe shared, this makes it a lot more cost efficient.
- Programs and files maybe shared, this results in a lot more convenience in terms of files and cost again with programs. Several applications (including operating systems) are available in ‘network’ versions meant for several computers on a network and a lot cheaper than individually purchasing and installing the products into each computer individually.
- Communication is increased, with computers networked, emails, IM and VOIP maybe implemented to communicate among the computers on the network.
- As files maybe shared (as stated above) all data maybe centrally stored and accessed on a server keeping all data synchronized and up to date, this allows better data integrity and also a lot more efficiency as data would be stored in only a single place.
- Access rights and security maybe centrally updated from a single ‘primary’ computer making management a lot easier and secure.
- Due to the ‘connected’ nature of networks, malicious software that may affect a single computer (from a portable device or from the Internet) can be transferred to all the computers in the network which can result in a lot more cost and hassle for the administration.
- Usually, a person with expertise is assigned and required to manage a network.
- Setting up a network can be initially high which may not be compensated with the advantages of peripheral and software sharability.
Those are some of the main pros and cons of setting up and using networks, your feedback along with what you see beneficial or negative in networking would be appreciated below.
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