Bachelor of Information Technology (Informatic Industry) with Honours

oei aun kong

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 * 1 Introduction
 * 1.1 Purpose
 * 2 Network classification
 * 2.1 Connection method
 * 2.2 Wired technologies
 * 2.3 Wireless technologies
 * 2.4 Scale
 * 2.5 Functional relationship (network architecture)
 * 2.6 Network topology
 * 3 Types of networks based on physical scope
 * 3.1 Local area network
 * 3.1.1 Personal area network
 * 3.1.2 Home area network
 * 3.2 Wide area network
 * 3.2.1 Campus network
 * 3.3 Metropolitan area network
 * 3.3.1 Enterprise private network
 * 3.3.2 Virtual private network
 * 3.3.3 Internetwork
 * 3.4 Backbone network
 * 3.4.1 Global area network
 * 3.4.2 Internet
 * 3.4.3 Intranets and extranets
 * 3.4.4 Overlay network
 * 4 Basic hardware components
 * 4.1 Network interface cards
 * 4.2 Repeaters
 * 4.3 Hubs
 * 4.4 Bridges
 * 4.5 Switches
 * 4.6 Routers
 * 5 See also
 * 6 References
 * 7 Further reading