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Winter Semester 2023-24 - CSE3003 - ETH - AP2023246000860 - 2024-01-09 - Reference-Material-I

The document discusses computer network architectures including peer-to-peer and client-server networks. Peer-to-peer networks have no dedicated server and equal responsibility among computers, while client-server networks have a central server that manages resources for client computers. The advantages and disadvantages of each are described.

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Winter Semester 2023-24 - CSE3003 - ETH - AP2023246000860 - 2024-01-09 - Reference-Material-I

The document discusses computer network architectures including peer-to-peer and client-server networks. Peer-to-peer networks have no dedicated server and equal responsibility among computers, while client-server networks have a central server that manages resources for client computers. The advantages and disadvantages of each are described.

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Computer Network Architecture

• Computer Network Architecture is defined as the physical and logical


design of the software, hardware, protocols, and media of the
transmission of data. Simply we can say that how computers are
organized and how tasks are allocated to the computer.
Peer-To-Peer network
• Peer-To-Peer network is a network in which all the computers are
linked together with equal privilege and responsibilities for processing
the data.
• Peer-To-Peer network is useful for small environments, usually up to
10 computers.
• Peer-To-Peer network has no dedicated server.
• Special permissions are assigned to each computer for sharing the
resources, but this can lead to a problem if the computer with the
resource is down.
Advantages Of Peer-To-Peer Network:
• It is less costly as it does not contain any dedicated server.
• If one computer stops working but, other computers will not stop working.
• It is easy to set up and maintain as each computer manages itself.

Disadvantages Of Peer-To-Peer Network:


• In the case of Peer-To-Peer network, it does not contain the centralized
system . Therefore, it cannot back up the data as the data is different in
different locations.
• It has a security issue as the device is managed itself.
Client/Server Network

• Client/Server network is a network model designed for the end users called clients, to
access the resources such as songs, video, etc. from a central computer known as
Server.
• The central controller is known as a server while all other computers in the network
are called clients.
• A server performs all the major operations such as security and network management.
• A server is responsible for managing all the resources such as files, directories, printer,
etc.
• All the clients communicate with each other through a server. For example, if client1
wants to send some data to client 2, then it first sends the request to the server for the
permission. The server sends the response to the client 1 to initiate its communication
with the client 2.
Advantages Of Client/Server network:
• A Client/Server network contains the centralized system. Therefore we can back
up the data easily.
• A Client/Server network has a dedicated server that improves the overall
performance of the whole system.
• Security is better in Client/Server network as a single server administers the
shared resources.
• It also increases the speed of the sharing resources.

Disadvantages Of Client/Server network:


• Client/Server network is expensive as it requires the server with large memory.
• A server has a Network Operating System(NOS) to provide the resources to the
clients, but the cost of NOS is very high.
• It requires a dedicated network administrator to manage all the resources.

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