week 6

Use of networking architectures and principles for security

 

B1 Network types

• Applications and features of networks:

o local area network (LAN), WLAN, wide area network (WAN), storage area network

(SAN), personal area network (PAN)

o intranet, extranet, internet, cloud

o wired and wireless integration.

• Applications and features of network topologies:

o physical topologies, including star, extended star, hierarchical, wireless mesh,

ad-hoc (mix of wired and wireless for bring your own device (BYOD))

o logical topologies, including Ethernet standards for wired and wireless (802 family).

• Applications and features of network architecture:

o peer to peer

o client/server

o thin client.

• Modern trends, including applications and features of: virtualisation, cloud computing,

BYOD, software-defined networking (SDN), storage-defined networks and the IoT.

• Be able to interpret and amend network schematic diagrams using suitable software.

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