Sterling Corporation wishes you to create a network infrastructure for them. They have 5-divisions with many hundred users at each division across the US. They have many employees who work from home. What kind of network would you suggest? What are the advantages of networking together these five divisions and permitting remote access from employee's homes? When would packet switching be used and when would circuit switching be used?
Objective: Discuss the characteristics of Internet, wireless, and local area networks
Identify various hardware components and network topologies
Explain the different routing algorithms