When viewed from the server’s role in both types of networks, then the server on the network type of peer to peer termed non-dedicated server, because the server does not act as a pure server but at the same time can serve as a workstation.
Excellence
1. Between computers in a network can share mutually owned facilities such as: hard disk, drive, fax / modems, printers.
2. Operational costs are relatively cheaper compared with the type of client-server network, either because they do not require a server that has a special ability to organize and provide network facilities.
3. Continuity of employment is not dependent on a single network server. So that if one computer / peer dead or damaged, the whole network will not experience interference.
Weakness
1. Troubleshooting the network is relatively more difficult, because the type of peer to peer network each computer it is possible to engage in communication that exist. In client-server network, the communication is between the server and workstations.
2. Lower performance compared to client-server network, because every computer / peer besides having to manage the use of network facilities must also manage the work or the application itself.
3. Network security system is determined by each user to manage the security of each facility owned.
4. Because data is spread across the network each computer in the network, then the backup must be performed by each computer.