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Chapter 1: Exploring the Network

  • 1.0 Exploring the Network
    • 1.0.1 Introduction
      • 1.0.1.1 Introduction
      • 1.0.1.2 Class Activity - Draw Your Concept of the Internet
  • 1.1 Communicating in a Network-Centric World
    • 1.1.1 Interconnecting our Lives
      • 1.1.1.1 Networks in Our Daily Lives
      • 1.1.1.2 Technology Then and Now
      • 1.1.1.3 The Global Community
      • 1.1.1.4 Networks Support the Way We Learn
      • 1.1.1.5 Networks Support the Way We Communicate
      • 1.1.1.6 Networks Support the Way We Work
      • 1.1.1.7 Networks Support the Way We Play
      • 1.1.1.8 Lab - Researching Network Collaboration Tools
    • 1.1.2 Supporting Communication
      • 1.1.2.1 What is Communication?
      • 1.1.2.2 Quality of Communication
      • 1.1.2.3 Internal QoS Factors
  • 1.2 The Network as a Platform
    • 1.2.1 Converged Networks
      • 1.2.1.1 Traditional Service Networks
      • 1.2.1.2 Planning for the Future
      • 1.2.1.3 Lab - Researching Converged Network Services
    • 1.2.2 Reliable Network
      • 1.2.2.1 The Supporting Network Architecture
      • 1.2.2.2 Fault Tolerance in Circuit Switched Networks
      • 1.2.2.3 Packet-Switched Networks
      • 1.2.2.4 Scalable Networks
      • 1.2.2.5 Providing QoS
      • 1.2.2.6 Providing Network Security
      • 1.2.2.7 Activity - Reliable Networks
  • 1.3 LANs, WANs, and the Internet
    • 1.3.1 Components of a Network
      • 1.3.1.1 Components of the Network
      • 1.3.1.2 End Devices
      • 1.3.1.3 Intermediary Devices
      • 1.3.1.4 Network Media
      • 1.3.1.5 Network Representations
      • 1.3.1.6 Topology Diagrams
      • 1.3.1.7 Activity - Network Component Representations and Functions
    • 1.3.2 LANs and WANs
      • 1.3.2.1 Types of Networks
      • 1.3.2.2 Local Area Networks
      • 1.3.2.3 Wide Area Networks
    • 1.3.3 The Internet
      • 1.3.3.1 The Internet
      • 1.3.3.2 Intranet and Extranet
      • 1.3.3.3 Lab - Mapping the Internet
    • 1.3.4 Connecting to the Internet
      • 1.3.4.1 Internet Access Technologies
      • 1.3.4.2 Connecting Remote Users to the Internet
      • 1.3.4.3 Connecting Businesses to the Internet
      • 1.3.4.4 Packet Tracer - Network Representation
  • 1.4 The Expanding Network
    • 1.4.1 Network Trends
      • 1.4.1.1 New Trends
      • 1.4.1.2 BYOD
      • 1.4.1.3 BYOD Considerations
      • 1.4.1.4 Online Collaboration
      • 1.4.1.5 Collaboration Considerations
      • 1.4.1.6 Video Communication
      • 1.4.1.7 Cloud Computing
      • 1.4.1.8 Types of Clouds
      • 1.4.1.9 Data Centers
    • 1.4.2 Network Security
      • 1.4.2.1 Security Threats
      • 1.4.2.2 Security Solutions
      • 1.4.2.3 Activity - Network Security Terminology
    • 1.4.3 Network Architectures
      • 1.4.3.1 Cisco Network Architectures
      • 1.4.3.2 Cisco Borderless Network
      • 1.4.3.3 Collaboration Architecture
      • 1.4.3.4 Data Center Architecture
      • 1.4.3.5 CCNA
      • 1.4.3.6 Lab - Researching IT and Networking Job Opportunities
  • 1.5 Summary
    • 1.5.1 Summary
      • 1.5.1.1 Class Activity - Draw Your Concept of the Internet Now
      • 1.5.1.2 Summary
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