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The Role Of Network Equipment For Network Design Models

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Introduction
Network designs have evolved from it early state to complex designs and features. The way we see network has also change from a basic layout to sometimes complex and detailed layouts. Today Cisco, an American multinational corporation that focuses on designing, manufacturing and selling network equipment, has set the foundation of much of the knowledge of networking and is held has one of the top networking companies. Example of Cisco’s presence in network design models would be their three-layer network design which includes the Access, Distribution, and Core layers. Cisco’s equipment is also held as one of the “top dog” in the Information Technology Networking field. Cisco manufacture many different types of network equipment which can be break into two major groups, commercial and residential. The main focus of this paper will be commercial equipment and not residential level equipment. A major part of network today would be the wireless side of the network due to the major increase in mobile device such as tables, smart phones, and laptops. There are numerous portions of the wireless side of the network which includes the Wi-Fi signal technology, the wireless access point’s hardware, and the technology in uses to make the Wi-Fi faster, reliably, and securer. There are several significant influences when considering a WAN connections, these include but not limit to the purpose of the WAN, Traffic requirements, and the geographic scope of the WAN. Before one

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