Overview of Networks

  • Purpose of Networks

    • To make connections between machines

    • Converged networks combine multiple types of traffic like data, video, and voice

    • We expect 99.999% availability or uptime(The 5 9's)

      • Only 5 minutes downtime per year

  • Network Traffic Examples

    • File sharing

    • Video calling

    • Surfing the Web

    • Social Media

    • Streaming video

    • E-mail

    • Messaging

    • VoIP

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