Activity 5.1

I. A switch, At least one PC, Ethernet cables, Fibre Optic cables, File Server.
II. The switch:
The switch controls what is sent to the file server, it makes sure everything is in it’s place.
The PC:
The PC is used as per normal…
Ethernet Cables:
Ethernet cables connect the PCs to the switch, ultimately connecting to the File server
Fibre Optic Cables:
Fibre Optic cables transfer data quickly, at very high speeds like 10 Gigabits per second
File Server:
Where everything is sent to be stored/ sent to a print server or an e-Mail server
III. Switches are better than hubs because a hub will try and send the information needed to every computer, but a switch has more intelligence and goes straight to it’s destination, therefore making switches far more efficient when the server is being constantly given information