Network design project: selecting routers, switches, access points and cabling for a given setting against cost and scale

This week’s topics

Network design project: selecting routers, switches, access points and cabling for a given setting against cost and scale

1. Decide on a network topology that is best suited to a given application and setting
2. The best choice of network hardware for a given network

What you will be able to do

• 3.1 Decide on a network topology that is best suited to a given application and setting.
• 3.4 Evaluate the best choice of network hardware for a given network.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: decide on a network topology that is best suited to a given application and setting.

Study materials

Videos

• The impact of network failure · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 4 (GCSE level) · for registered students
• Hosting services · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 4 (GCSE level) · for registered students

Further resources

• An Introduction to Computer Networks, 4.1: Adventures in Radioland · PDF · Dordal, An Introduction to Computer Networks, release 2.0.11, 4.1: wireless vs wired: bandwidth, collisions, interference and cost (a step up), pp. 93–97 · for registered students
• Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, 11.2–11.3: Networks and the internet · PDF · Bryant & O'Hallaron, CS:APP 2e manuscript sample, 11.2–11.3: LANs, WANs and the internet as a network of networks (a step up), pp. 850–863 · for registered students
• Introduction to Business 2e, 13.2: LANs, WANs and VPNs · PDF · OpenStax Introduction to Business 2e, 13.2: LANs, WANs, wireless networks and virtual private networks, pp. 444–448 · for registered students