

| Client Server |
Peer to Peer |
| Computers / nodes request services from the server |
Each individual computers acts as both the servives provider and the service consumer |
| Software installation in the server only |
Software installation for all computer |
| Easy to manage the resources in the network (server existance facilitate the distrubution of the resources) |
Difficult to manage the resources in the network |
| Higher cabling cost |
Less cabling cost |
| Security control by server (centralized) |
Security conyrol by their own |