CIS 3347 Assignment Portfolio - University of Houston - Spring 2017

Assignments

• Understanding Switches
• SOHO Routers
• TCP/IP and Subnet Masking
• WShark Video
• Client Server
• Net Review

Client Server

In this assignment, we were to go online and view a Client Server and Peer to Peer Networking Tutorial. We were introduced to three different network architectures: Client Server, Peer to Peer, and Host architecture. Below are the assignment questions that we had to answer.

Professor Messer's Client Server and Peer-to-Peer Networking

1. In Client Server architecture, what is the central component?
   
   The central component is the central server.



2. What are the advantages of Client Server architecture?
   
   Advantages of Client Server architecture are high speed performance and there is one place to go to administer the application. everything is located on the Central Server.



3. What are the disadvantages of Client Server architecture?
   
   Disadvantages of Client Server architecture are high costs associated with purchasing the hardware, maintaining the software and there is some complexity in setting up a large network.