To begin with, i hope your not using my answer for school, that would be cheating :P.
A peer to peer network is basically one where computers share resources with each other - files and printers. ANY computer can access resource on ANY other computer as long as they are shared (and have authorization, e.g. a common username and password in Windows 2000 and later).
In a client server network, there's usually only one primary server that authorizes logon to the network. It has a list of all authorized users on the network, and when you logon from a client, it verifies your details against the list.
The idea is all resources are shared from that server so that it's easier to maintain and backup - all files are centralized. When a user logs on, on a client machine, they are granted access to their own files/resources and any shared resources - FROM THE SERVER.
A windows network would require a primary domain controller to act as the server, and the logon would joining the 'domain' - that is a group of computers in that domain.
Windows NT Server, 2000 Server, and 2003 Server can act as a primary domain controller as can Linux computers running a properly configured samba daemon (another word for server software).
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To begin with, i hope your not using my answer for school, that would be cheating :P.
A peer to peer network is basically one where computers share resources with each other - files and printers. ANY computer can access resource on ANY other computer as long as they are shared (and have authorization, e.g. a common username and password in Windows 2000 and later).
In a client server network, there's usually only one primary server that authorizes logon to the network. It has a list of all authorized users on the network, and when you logon from a client, it verifies your details against the list.
The idea is all resources are shared from that server so that it's easier to maintain and backup - all files are centralized. When a user logs on, on a client machine, they are granted access to their own files/resources and any shared resources - FROM THE SERVER.
A windows network would require a primary domain controller to act as the server, and the logon would joining the 'domain' - that is a group of computers in that domain.
Windows NT Server, 2000 Server, and 2003 Server can act as a primary domain controller as can Linux computers running a properly configured samba daemon (another word for server software).
Hope that's clear enough!