第7章-通信网络与无线技术.pptVIP

This graphic illustrates the differences between digital and analog signals, and shows how digital signals can be sent to other computers over analog cables such as telephone lines. Note that digital signals are representations of the two binary digits, 0 and 1, and are represented as on and off electrical pulses. Ask students what MODEM stands for. * This graphic illustrates the three main topologies in use in LANs. In a star topology, all devices on the network connect to a single hub and all network traffic flows through the hub. In an extended star network, multiple layers or hubs are org