Peer to Peer vs. Client-Sever

Question 1

What is a client server network?

Answer 1

Most file and data are saved on the server.

All computers connect to the server through a central hub or switch

Question 2

The role of the server in client network server?

Answer 2

The server:

• controls access to the server and verifies accounts
• provides files to other computers on the network.
• installs software to each computer

Question 3

What are shared folders?

Answer 3

Shared folders are folders created on the server by the network manager

They provide a place where users of the network can share and store files

Question 4

What is a peer-peer network?

Answer 4

A server which doesn’t require a central hub

Each computer on the server is both a client and a server

Files are stored on the hard disk of the individual network devises

All computers on the network have equal status

Question 5

How secure is a peer-peer network?

Answer 5

Each peer has access and control of shared files on the machines