BN106: The AI company - Networking Assignment

Networking Assignment:

1) The owner of the company has some concerns with regards to the interoperability of the manufacturing equipment on the network considering that different manufacturers made them.

a) Discuss how network standards such as the OSI help to ensure interoperability between products made by different manufacturers.

b) Compare the three common network model standards (OSI, the DoD, and the TCP/IP).

c) Compare the appropriateness of each of the following media types for this scenario: twisted pair cable, Coaxial, fibre optic, and wireless.

d) Which media type should you use to wire the network and why?

e) The company is further expected to run an application that will transmit data records to a backup site in a nearby suburb. The data records are 1000 bytes in length, and the application will send one record every 0.25 seconds.

f) Will it be more efficient to use a synchronous connection or an asynchronous connection?