Connectivity

Question 1

What are the two methods of connectivity?

Answer 1

Wireless and wired

Question 2

Explain wired connections

Answer 2

Physical cables are used to transmit data between networks and computer systems. These wired connections use a wired connection protocol - most commonly Ethernet.

Question 3

Give 2 examples of wired connections

Answer 3

Two examples of wired connections are copper cables and fibre optic cables. Copper cables may have electromagnetic interference and are slower (between 100Mbps and 1Gbps) than fibre optic cables (between 1 - 10Gbps).

Question 4

What is faster? Wired or wireless?

Answer 4

Wired is generally faster however wireless gives the user more freedom to move around while still being connected.

Question 5

Explain wireless connections

Answer 5

Wireless connections use no cables but require additional hardware (with both the transmitting and receiving machine requiring a wireless network adapter card).
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Question 6

What is the Wifi Speed?

Answer 6

WiFi has a speed of 54 - 108Mbps but can be affected by the computer’s distance from the wireless router and weather conditions.