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Answers to Review Questions
Chapter 1
1
What are the goals of an internetwork design?
Functionality.
Scalability.
Adaptability.
Manageability.
Cost-effectiveness.
2
What are the seven steps for designing an internetwork?
Gather information.
Analyze requirements.
Develop internetwork structure.
Estimate network performance.
Assess costs and risks.
Implement.
Monitor.
3
What trade-off is present in every network design?
Cost versus availability.
4
What are the three layers of the hierarchical model?
Core.
Distribution.
Access.
5
What benefits can be gained by using the hierarchical model?
Scalability.
Ease of troubleshooting.
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