2.1.1. Peer-to-Peer Network Relationships

In a peer-to-peer network relationship, the PCs on the network communicate with each different as equivalents. Every PC is in charge of making its own assets accessible to different PCs on the network. These assets may be files, folders, apps, gadgets, (for example, printers, modems, or fax cards), or any mix of these things. Every PC is likewise in charge of setting up and keeping up its own particular security for those assets. Moreover, every PC is in charge of getting to the network assets it needs from other shared PCs, knowing where those assets are situated in the network, and taking care of the security required to get to them. Figure 2.1.1 delineates how this functions.

 Figure 2.1.1. A peer-to-peer network with assets spread crosswise over PCs