Advantages of Networking
Speed With the help of networking you can save your time, such as you can share and transfer your files and data easily, without a network the data is transfer through discs, memory cards, from one computer to another. This is time consuming.
Resource sharing Sharing of network resources in the main feature of networking, Its mean that you can share your printer, CD player fax machine and other peripherals with other computer on network. You can also restrict any user from a particular network devise.
Security The main advantage of networking is its security features, with the help of user, group policies you can save your files, from illegal copying and editing, you can save your network resources from miss use, you can restrict your office mates to access a particular data, you can save your registered software from illegal copying.
Costs In market there are softwares available for network computers on very considerable prices, as compared, if you purchase software for every computer separately in your office.
Disadvantages of Network
Administration You need experts to maintain and administer your network properly which require more budget for their services.
File Server Goes Down If your data is stored in one computer on a network and it goes down, it will stop all your work,
First time installation charges You must have initial budget for designing a network at the time of first time installation, because you require LAN Cards, Cables, Routers, software that work on network, a network technician who design network for you.
Security You must check your network security issues, such as if your are using wireless must check its security issues time to time, you must have antivirus installed on your network computer to save your data.
Cable Break The break in cable of your network may stop your entire network to work.
Speed With the help of networking you can save your time, such as you can share and transfer your files and data easily, without a network the data is transfer through discs, memory cards, from one computer to another. This is time consuming.
Resource sharing Sharing of network resources in the main feature of networking, Its mean that you can share your printer, CD player fax machine and other peripherals with other computer on network. You can also restrict any user from a particular network devise.
Security The main advantage of networking is its security features, with the help of user, group policies you can save your files, from illegal copying and editing, you can save your network resources from miss use, you can restrict your office mates to access a particular data, you can save your registered software from illegal copying.
Costs In market there are softwares available for network computers on very considerable prices, as compared, if you purchase software for every computer separately in your office.
Disadvantages of Network
Administration You need experts to maintain and administer your network properly which require more budget for their services.
File Server Goes Down If your data is stored in one computer on a network and it goes down, it will stop all your work,
First time installation charges You must have initial budget for designing a network at the time of first time installation, because you require LAN Cards, Cables, Routers, software that work on network, a network technician who design network for you.
Security You must check your network security issues, such as if your are using wireless must check its security issues time to time, you must have antivirus installed on your network computer to save your data.
Cable Break The break in cable of your network may stop your entire network to work.
