Living in a Network Centric World

Network Fundamentals Chapter 1

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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

Instant messaging Real time text communication between 2 or more users Based on IRC Weblogs (Blogs) Web pages created by an individual Podcasting Website that contains audio files available for downloading Wikis Web pages publicly created and edited by group of people Sharing information Collaboration tool A web-based software that allows people to communicate or Work together over the web.
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 Describe the characteristics and purpose of popular communication media such as, IM, Wikis , Blogs, Podcasting, and Collaboration Tools

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How Networks Impact Daily Life

How do you think our networks support the way we learn?

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Online courseware Students can communicate w/ instructor and fellow students online Online enrollment, assessment and grade viewing Online training decreases time and travel cost

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Networks Impact on Daily Life

 Explain ways of using information networks to share and collaborate and to improve teaching and learning

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How Networks Impact Daily Life

How do you think our networks support the way we work?

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How Networks Impact Daily Life

Use of collaboration software in many companies Intranet and extranet A business between restaurant in Wachington D.C. and fishing and shipping company

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Networks Impact on Daily Life

 Describe how communication over a network changes the way we work

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How Networks Impact Daily Life

How do you think our networks support the way we play?

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How Networks Impact Daily Life

Online travel and recreation processing Online media and entertainment services Online games

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Networks Impact on Daily Life

 Describe ways communication over a network supports the way we play

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How Networks Impact Daily Life

Quality of Communication: Factors 1.Internal 2.External

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How Networks Impact Daily Life

Internal:  Size, complexity and importance of the message External:  Quality of the pathway  Type and no. of times message will be changed  No. of messages being transmitted simultaneously  Amount of time alloted for successful communication

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Network as Platform, 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.

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Data Networking Role, Components, and Challenges

 Describe the role of data networking in communications

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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
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Data Networking Role, Components, and Challenges

 Describe the role of converged networks in communications
Convergence coming together of different platforms to communicate Converged network A type of network or platform where different devices use a common network infrastructure to communicate
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Network Architecture Characteristics

 Explain four characteristics that are addressed by network architecture design
Fault tolerance Circuit-switched, connection-oriented network Packet-switched, connectionless network Scalability Quality of service Ex. Data type priority Security

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Network Architecture Characteristics

 Describe how packet switching helps improve the resiliency and fault tolerance of the Internet architecture

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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

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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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IRC Clients and Wiki Server

 Install and use IRC clients and a Wiki server

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Summary

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