Chapter 3. Building a Network: It All Starts with a Plan
Chapter 3. Building a Network: It All Starts with a
Plan
What You Will Learn
After reading this chapter, you should be able to
Explain the benefits of using standards
Summarize the purpose of a networking model
List the two most well-known public networking models
List and correlate the layers of the TCP/IP and OSI networking
models
Describe the types of standards created for the TCP/IP
model
List two major standards bodies upon which TCP/IP
relies
Let's face it: Without a good plan, most things that involve
more than a couple of people are doomed for failure. There are even many popular
sayings about how you need to plan, such as "Those who fail to plan, plan to
fail."
Networks would notcould notwork today unless all the networking
vendors followed the same set of plans, or standards. Networking
standards define a set of rules that must be followed by anyone who
creates networking products, including cables, hardware, and software. When you
follow these standards, the products should work together.
This chapter describes several of the most popular standards
and explains some of the benefits of using standards for
networking.
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