Chapter 5

What’s in a Network?

This chapter covers the following exam topics:

  • 3. Endpoints and Media Types

    • 3.3. Identify types of endpoint devices.

      Internet of Things (IoT) devices, computers, mobile devices

Up to this point, we have been looking at network control plane concepts and configurations: addresses, routing, switching, and wired host configuration. Throughout this discussion, we have limited the universe of things you can attach to a computer network to hosts, routers, and switches. Before moving to the physical infrastructure of computer networks, we need to look at the other kinds of devices you can connect to a computer network. After looking at the kinds of devices used in computer networks, this chapter explains the overall ...

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