Local area network (LAN). Computer and Network Examples

Local Area Network (LAN) is a network which consists of computers and peripheral devices connected each other and to the local domain server, and covers a little territory or small number of buildings, such as home, school, laboratory, office, etc. LAN serves for few hundreds of users. It includes many cables and wires, and demands to design previously a Network diagram. All local area network devices can use the shared printers and disk storage. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is a perfect network diagramming software with examples of LAN Diagrams, templates and predesigned vector objects. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is the ideal choice for network engineers and network designers who need to draw fast and easy Local Area Network Diagrams, for IT specialists, developers and other IT professionals which need to visualize the communication schemes of LAN and visually document the LAN's physical structure and arrangement in houses, offices and other buildings. Ready-to-use vector objects from Computer Network Diagrams solution will help you design LAN diagrams in minutes.

How to Draw a Computer Network

Personal area (PAN) networks. Computer and Network Examples

Personal area network (PAN) is a network organized on a limited area and used for data transmission between various personal devices, such as computers, tablets, laptops, telephones, different digital and mobile devices, etc. and also for connecting to higher level network and Internet. PAN is used to manage the interconnections of IT devices which surround a single user and generally contains such appliances, as cordless mice, keyboard, phone, and Bluetooth handsets. PANs can be wired with computer buses, or wirelessly connected to the Internet using such network technologies as Bluetooth, Z-Wave, ZigBee, IrDa, UWB, Body Area Network. PANs have a lot of pros and cons, they are expedient, lucrative and handy, but sometimes have bad connection with other networks on the same radio bands, Bluetooth has distance limits and slow data transfer speed, but is comparatively safe. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming software supplied with numerous solutions of Computer and Networks Area included to ConceptDraw Solution Park perfectly suits for designing the Personal Area Networks.

Home area networks (HAN). Computer and Network Examples

Home area networks (HAN). <br>Computer and Network Examples *

A Home Area Networks (HAN) is a type of local area network that is used in an individual home. The home computers can be connected together by twisted pair or by a wireless network. HAN facilitates the communication and interoperability among digital devices at the home, allows to easier access to the entertainments and increase the productivity, organize the home security. This example was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM using the Computer and Networks Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park and shows the home network diagram.

Hybrid Network Topology

A network topology is the topological structure or the arrangement of different elements of computer network. There are several basic types of network topologies, such as star, ring, bus, mesh. But the most popular is a combination of two or more diverse basic network topologies, which is known as hybrid network topology. The examples of hybrid topology are: star-bus, star-ring topologies, etc. Each resulting hybrid topology has its own features, advantages and limitations of its components. Hybrid network topologies are more flexible, reliable, and have increased fault tolerance, the faults in them can be easily diagnosed and corrected, new nodes can be easily added. But at the same time hybrid topologies often are sufficiently expensive and difficult for managing. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software supplied with the tools of Computer Network Diagrams solution from Computer and Networks area is perfect for schematic description various types of computer network topologies and easy designing Hybrid network topology diagrams.

Campus Area Networks (CAN). Computer and Network Examples

Campus Area Networks (CAN). <br>Computer and Network Examples *

Campus Area Network (CAN) is a computer network which provides wireless access to the Internet or LAN for the users located in two or more buildings on the limited geographical area, or in the open space surrounding these buildings. Campus Area Network is usually set in campus of a university or college, but the same kind of planning and design can be applied for other purposes, for enterprises, office buildings, military bases, industrial complexes, public places like supermarkets, entertainment centers, etc. Another form of temporary CAN can exist during some special events such as rallies, music festivals. The elementary Campus Area Network can also arise spontaneously, due to the distance of spread the radio signals from the access points that are not limited by buildings walls. It is also sensible to have additional access points for the larger and more complex CANs, located at specially places chosen for serving clients. Design easy diagrams and schemes for the Campus Area Networks with Computer Network Diagrams solution for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM.

Computer Network. Computer and Network Examples

Computer Network. <br>Computer and Network Examples *

A Computer Network is a telecommunication network containing the set of nodes (computer network devices, such as computers, phones, servers) and allows them exchange the data using the network links. There are many kinds of computer networks. The primary difference is their size, according to the scale they can be classified as: Local area network (LAN), Metropolitan area network (MAN), Global Area Network (GAN), Wide area network (WAN), Storage area network (SAN), Campus area network (CAN), Personal area network (PAN). Computer networks also differ by connection method according to the used hardware technology (Ethernet, Wireless LAN, Optical fiber, HomePNA, Power line communication), by functional relationships that exist between network elements (Client-server, Active Networking, Peer-to-peer), by network topology (Tree computer network, Bus network, Star network, Ring network, Mesh network, etc.). Solutions of Computer and Networks Area from ConceptDraw Solution Park contain powerful drawing tools for easy designing diagrams for any Computer Network from listed diversity.

Design Element: Computer and Network for Network Diagrams

Design Element: Computer and Network<br>for Network Diagrams *

There are many types of computer networks, they differ in size, topology, organizational intents, in transmission medium used to carry the signals, in communication protocols to organize network traffic, and in many other parameters. Computer Network Diagrams help to visualize schematically computer networks and computer network topologies, equipment nodes, as well as different types of their logical and physical connections. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is a perfect network diagramming software intended for network designers and software developers who need to draw different types of Computer Network Diagrams. Computer Network Diagrams solution from the Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park provides for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM users a lot of computer network design elements helpful for visualization varied ideas regarding to design and implementation of computer and telecommunication networks, LAN, MAN and WAN architectures, physical and logical topologies, wiring schematics and cabling layout plans.

Fully Connected Network Topology Diagram

Fully Connected Network Topology (Complete topology, Full mesh topology) is a network topology characterized by existence of direct links between all pairs of nodes. The Fully connected network including n nodes, contains n(n-1)/2 direct links. This topology is mostly used in military applications. It is a quite expensive network technology and is extremely impractical for the large networks. But when it is set, it provides a high degree of reliability thanks to the large quantity of redundant links between nodes and so multiplicity of paths for the data. The two-node network is also considered as a Fully connected network. Computer Network Diagrams solution from Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park offers the predesigned vector stencils libraries, examples and templates for easy designing various Computer network topology diagrams for wired and wireless networks, including the Fully connected topology. This solution is intended to help computer network designers and engineers perfectly illustrate network documentation, reports, presentations, etc.

Geo Map - Africa - Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a sovereign state in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa. The vector stencils library Kenya contains contours for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software. This library is contained in the Continent Maps solution from Maps area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

iPhone interface - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "iPhone interface" contains 119 iPhone UI design elements.
Use it for development of graphic user interface (GUI) for iPhone software applications in the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Graphic User Interface solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

iPhone case

iPhone case, horizontal

Display

Screen

Home screen

Keypad control

Status bar

Navigation bar

Navigation bar with buttons

Navigation bar with controls

Navigation bar with buttons, horizontal

Navigation bar with controls, horizontal

Modal view

Search bar

Text field 1

Text field 2

Text field, varying

Table row

Table view row

Table view (simple list)

Table view (with header)

Action list

Control button

Navigational control button

Add button

Navigation toolbar

Tab bar

Action sheet

Choice button

Rounded rectangle button

Keyboard control

Keyboard literal button

Keyboard button, pressed

Keyboard label button

Selection frame 1

Selection frame 2

Loupe

Message box 1

Message box 2

Progress view

Player control

Label button

Back button

Forward button

Option button

Checkbox

Radio button

Alert

Two-button alert

Two-button alert (v 3.0)

Up-Down control

Segmented control

Pop-up menu button

Popup menu

Clock, white

Clock, black

Clock application table

Date and time picker (1/2 parts)

Date and time picker (3 parts)

Date and time picker (4 parts)

Date and time picker (v 3.0)

Switch control

System button

Reply button

Organize button

Remove button

Refresh button

Play button

FastForward button

Pause button

Rewind button

Backward icon

Forward icon

Share button

Camera button

Compose button

Bookmarks button

Search button

Add button

Trash button

Bookmarks tab icon

Contacts tab icon

Downloads tab icon

Favorites tab icon

Featured tab icon

History tab icon

MostRecent tab icon

MostViewed tab icon

Search tab icon

More tab icon

SMS tab icon

Mail tab icon

Charts tab icon

World clock tab icon

Alarm tab icon

Stopwatch tab icon

Timer tab icon

Badge

Delete button control

Checkmark

Delete button

Insert

Disclosure indicator

Clear button

Bookmarks badge

Badge with varying width 1

Badge with varying width 2

Badge with varying width 3

Activity indicator

Network activity indicator

Page control

Search badge

Slider

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Reflected Ceiling Plans

Reflected Ceiling Plans solution extends greatly the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM functionality with samples, templates and libraries of design elements for displaying the ceiling ideas for living room, bedroom, classroom, office, shop, restaurant, and many other premises. It is an effective tool for architects, designers, builders, electricians, and other building-related people to represent their ceiling design ideas and create Reflected Ceiling plan or Reflective Ceiling plan, showing the location of light fixtures, lighting panels, drywall or t-bar ceiling patterns, HVAC grilles or diffusers that may be suspended from the ceiling. Being professional-looking and vivid, these plans perfectly reflect your ceiling ideas and can be presented to the client, in reports, in presentations, on discussions with colleagues, or successfully published in modern print or web editions.

Network layout floorplan - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "Network layout floorplan" contain 34 symbol icons for drawing computer network floor plans, communication equipment layouts, and structured cabling diagrams.
"Structured cabling is building or campus telecommunications cabling infrastructure that consists of a number of standardized smaller elements (hence structured) called subsystems. ...
Structured cabling design and installation is governed by a set of standards that specify wiring data centers, offices, and apartment buildings for data or voice communications using various kinds of cable, most commonly category 5e (CAT-5e), category 6 (CAT-6), and fibre optic cabling and modular connectors. These standards define how to lay the cabling in various topologies in order to meet the needs of the customer, typically using a central patch panel (which is normally 19 inch rack-mounted), from where each modular connection can be used as needed. Each outlet is then patched into a network switch (normally also rack-mounted) for network use or into an IP or PBX (private branch exchange) telephone system patch panel." [Structured cabling. Wikipedia]
The design elements example "Network layout floorplan - Vector stencils library" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Network Layout Floor Plans solution from the Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.