Network Fundamentals Chapter 1
Living in a Network Centric World
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Objectives
Describe how networks impact our daily lives.
Describe the role of data networking in the human network. Identify the key components of any data network. Identify the opportunities and challenges posed by converged networks. Describe the characteristics of network architectures: fault tolerance, scalability, quality of service and security. Install and use IRC clients and a Wiki server.
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How Networks Impact Daily Life
Explain the benefits of instantaneous communication and how it supports and improves our lives.
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How Networks Impact Daily Life
Describe the characteristics and purpose of popular communication media such as, IM, Wikis , Blogs, Podcasting, and Collaboration Tools
Instant messaging Real time communication between 2 or more people based on typed text Weblogs (Blogs) Web pages created by an individual Podcasting Website that contains audio files available for downloading
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How Networks Impact Daily Life
Explain ways that using information networks to share and collaborate improves teaching and learning
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How Networks Impact Daily Life
Describe ways communication over a network changes the way we work
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How Networks Impact Daily Life
Describe ways communication over a network supports the way we play
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Data Networking Role, Components, and Challenges
Basic characteristics of communication
Rules or agreements are 1st established Important information may need to be repeated Various modes of communication may impact the effectiveness of getting the message across.
See: 1.2.1
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Data Networking Role, Components, and Challenges
Describe the role of data networking in communications
1.3.1
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Data Networking Role, Components, and Challenges
Describe the various elements that make up a network Devices These are used to communicate with one another Medium This is how the devices are connected together Messages Information that travels over the medium Rules Governs how messages flow across network
[Link], [Link],4,5,
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Data Networking Role, Components, and Challenges
Describe the role of converged networks in communications
Converged network A type of network that can carry voice, video & data over the same network
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Network Architecture Characteristics
Explain four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Fault tolerance Scalability Quality of service Security
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Network Architecture Characteristics
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Network Architecture Characteristics
Describe how packet switching helps improve the resiliency and fault tolerance of the Internet architecture
Networks must provide secure, predictable, measurable, and, at times, guaranteed services. The packet-switched network architecture does not guarantee that all packets that comprise a particular message will arrive on time, in their correct in order, or even that they will arrive at all. ITE PC v4.0
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Network Architecture Characteristics
Describe characteristics of the Internet that help it scale to meet user demand
Hierarchical Common standards
Common protocols
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Network Architecture Characteristics
Explain the factors that necessitate Quality of Service and the mechanisms necessary to ensure it
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Network Architecture Characteristics
Describe how QoS mechanisms work to ensure quality of service for applications that require it.
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Network Architecture Characteristics
Describe how to select the appropriate QoS strategy for a given type of traffic
Examples of priority decisions for an organization might include: Time-sensitive communication - increase priority for services like telephony or video distribution. Non time-sensitive communication - decrease priority for web page retrieval or e-mail High importance to organization - increase priority for production control or business transaction data. Undesirable communication - decrease priority or block unwanted activity, like peer-to-peer file sharing or live entertainment.
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Network Architecture Characteristics
Describe why networks must be secure
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Network Architecture Characteristics
Describe basic measures to secure data networks
Ensure confidentiality through use of User authentication Data encryption Maintain communication integrity through use of Digital signatures Ensure availability through use of Firewalls Redundant network architecture
Hardware without a single
point of failure
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Networking Career Opportunity
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Summary
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IRC Clients and Wiki Server
Install and use IRC clients and a Wiki server
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