Factors Affecting The Performance Of Networks

Question 1

Factors affecting the performance of networks:

Answer 1

• The bandwidth available
• Number of users at the same time
• Number of data collisions
• Interference (e.g thick walls)
• Distance to travel / signal strength
• Amount of data to transfer
• Applications being used
• Server / CPU Performance

Question 2

What is bandwidth?

Answer 2

• The maximum amount of data that can be sent across a network at once.