• 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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