Assignment: Network Fundamentals Paper
Select an organization you are familiar with, or select one of the Virtual Organizations (Riordan Manufacturing or Kudler Foods), for your project. This project will continue throughout the coming weeks and build upon itself culminating in Week Five.
Write a 1-page paper that includes the following based on your chosen Local Organization:
• Explain the network's fundamental characteristics and components.
Individual: Cabling
Create an 8- to 10-slide presentation explaining the advantages and disadvantages of twisted pair cabling and fiber optics as well as the importance of wireless communication in today's business environment.
Learning Team: Diagram Current Local Campus Network in SIM Part I
Develop a diagram in Microsoft Visio, Word, or PowerPoint based on the description provided above of the current South Dakota network.
Assumptions can be made in order complete the diagram. The finished diagram should include the following:
• Routers & Switches.
• Wireless Access points.
• Potential choke points.