Communications Hardware
Modem or Fax modem
- transmit digital data over analog phone lines
- speed measured in bits per second
- 9600 bps; 14,400 bps; 28,800 bps; 33,600 bps; 52 Kbps
- fax capabilities allow sending and receiving of faxes
Network Interface Card
- interface between computer and network
- must worry about network protocols and cable types
- typically ethernet card with coaxial or twisted-pair connectors