CLIENT-SERVER NETWORK
- Computer/nodes request services from the server.
PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK
- Each individual computers acts as both the service 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 distribution of the resources ).
- Difficult to manage the resouces.
- Higher cabling cost.
- Less cabling cost.
- Security control by server ( centralized ).
- Security control by their own.