What is a Client/Server Network? What is a Peer-to-Peer Network? Describe the difference between these two networks.

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  1. What is a Client/Server Network? What is a Peer-to-Peer Network? Describe the difference between these two networks.
  2. Describe the following physical topologies:
    1. Star topology
    2. Ring topology
    3. Bus topology
    4. Mesh topology
  3. What is a communication protocol? What kind of functions a communication protocol does?
  4. What is Ethernet? Describe how CSMA/CD protocol works.
  5. What is an IP address? What is a mnemonic address? Using the 32-bit representation, how many different domains are allowed? And how many machines in a domain are allowed?
  6.  What is a modem? Why computer networks need a modem for data communications? 1-6 answers
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