Networkin-1

Assignment : Networking Assume that you were recently hired by a manufacturing company as a systems administrator trainee. Your first assignment is to develop a paper that communicates the various functions of telecommunications to end users. As a result, you should try to keep your explanations of the technology as simple as possible.

Write a four to five (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the features of telecommunications networks, including key networking technologies. Cover the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, including each logical layer.
2. Discuss whether telephone networks and computer networks will remain distinct in the future.
3. Describe various network media and how they are changing.
4. Explain the differences among LANS, WANS, CANS, and MANS.
5. Describe three (3) ways in which businesses use Internet services and protocols. (For example, what is VoIP and how is it used?)
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.