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1 Access Point 2 Dedicated Circuit
3 Internet exchange points (IXP) 4 Baselining
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, Access Point a radio transceiver used on wireless LANs that
enables the computers near it to communicate with
each other and it also connects them into wired
LANs.
Application Architecture The way in which the functions of application layer
software are spread among clients and servers in a
network.
Attenuation Loss of power in a signal as it travels from the
sending device to the receiving device
BN (Main Jobs) a larger, central network connecting several LANs,
other BNs, MANs, and WANs. Routes and forwards
messages, and passes content
o Distribution layer in a building. (Building
Network)
o Most common topology: Star Topology
Baselining when designers must review the list of applications
that will use the network and identify the location
of each, and the information is added to the
emerging network documentation
Building Network The second network architecture component
which some vendors call the distribution layer,
because it distributes network traffic to and from
the LANs.
Campus Network The third network architecture component, is
usually faster than the backbones we use inside
buildings because it typically carries more traffic
than they do.