Watch and follow the YouTube video, the lesson contains three parts:
Key Information and content - all you need to do here is watch and listen. We recommend you take some notes for this one!
Learning activity - You are to complete the table to identify network devices.
Consolidation - these are past exam question and are for deliberate practice to check your understanding.
Modem/Router
NIC
To connect Ethernet cable to computer
Router
to receive and transmit data within the network/ to send data around a network
Bridge
connect networks together
Switch
to connect multiple devices together
Hub
to connect multiple devices together
Server
to store the data/manage the network
Wireless Access Point/WAP
to allow for wireless transmission of data
Cables
to connect devices together
Modem
To connect computers via a telephone lines/ to convert digital data to analogue / to convert analogue data to digital
Router/Modem/ADSL adapter