Chapter 1 Exploring the Network Anticipation Guide

When you are done with this chapter, you should be able to:

Explain how multiple networks are used in everyday life.

Explain the topologies and devices used in a small to medium-sized business
network.
Explain the basic characteristics of a network that supports communication in a
small to medium-sized business.
Explain trends in networking that will affect the use of networks in small to
medium-sized businesses.

Directions: Read each statement about Chapter 1. In the Before column, check
the ones you agree with.
Befor
After
e

I understand global communities, human network, collaborative learning

spaces, network collaboration services

I know types of networks including client/server, peer-to-peer network

I can identify end devices, intermediary devices, network media, hardware,

software, VoIP phones, TelePresence endpoint

I can identify network access devices, internetworking devices and security

devices

I know the difference between a topology diagrams and a logical topology

diagrams

I can recognize and identify different medium

I can identify network interface card (NIC), physical port, interface

I know the difference between Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network
(WAN), Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), Wireless LAN (WLAN), Storage Area
Network (SAN)

I know the roll of service provider (SP) and Internet Service Provider (ISP)

I am aware of intranet and extranet technologies including: teleworkers,

broadband cable, broadband DSL, business DSL, leased lines, metro ethernet,
cable, DSL, cellular, satellite, dial-up telephone and dedicated leased line

I understand what converged network are and their roll in developing the
intelligent information network

I know the importance of network architecture for fault tolerance, redundancy,

circuit switched networks, packet switched networks, packets, routing function

I know scalability and hierarchical layered structure

I know the different types of security threts to a network including: viruses,

worms, Trojan horses, spyware, adware, zero-day attacks, hacker attacks, data
interception and theft, identity theft

I know the multiple layers of security including: access control lists (ACL),
intrusion prevention systems (IPS), virtual private networks (VPNs), network
infrastructure security, content security, Denial of Service (DoS), data
confidentiality, user authentication, encrypting data, data integrity, availability

I know Quality of Service (QoS), network bandwidth, network congestion,

queue, delay, packet loss

I understand emerging network trends including: Bring Your Own Deice (BYOD),
online collaboration, video conferencing, person-to-person video calling, cloud
computing and data centers, server farms, server clusters, multitasking,
virtualization, smart home technology, powerline networking, wireless internet
service provider (WISP), wireless local area networks (WLAN), and wireless
broadband service