Introduction To Networkingby Matthew Bulat

M.Eng.Tech MACS CP Prince2 ITIL Chairman NQ Chapter Aust. Computer Society

What is networking?A system to allow computers to communicate.Wired or Wirelesse.g. Internet - 3.3 billion users

Smartphone - 1.8 billion users

Classroom Networking

WirelessNetworking

WirelessAccessPoint

Building Network Switch

School Network Switch / Router

Building toBuilding

Fibre OpticCable

Internet Connection

Copper Ethernet Cable

School Laptops &Tablets

NBNNetwork

Termination Unit

Other Networks

Where can networking lead me into the future?

● Townsville has the most fibre NBN in Australia (18 suburbs)

● NBN will improve VOIP telephony e.g. Skype, Hangouts

● NBN Satellite goes active in April 2016

● Networking helps us work remotely. e.g. Work from home

● Networking allows access to global computing resources

Satellite Networking Across Australia in 2016

Remote Australia Classroom with Satellite Networking plus WiFi

One Laptop Per Child~$200 US each

WiFi

WiFi Mesh

~ 12 volt charging

Picture Interface

(Sugar Linux)

Teach Language

Water resistant

2 million distributed

including in Australia

Raspberry Pi 3

$54 Quad Core Computer

Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth

4 x USB 2

HDMI HD video/sound

MicroSD storage

Micro USB power 10 watts

Linux or Windows 10 IoT

What are the possibilities?

Internet of Things (IoT), Thin Client, Smart Devices, Set top box...

How can I learn more about networking?Coursera - 300+ free network courses https://www.coursera.org

Microsoft Education - 55 free network courses - https://mva.microsoft.com/

Further Research Topics

● WiFi - Wireless Networking E.g. School, Home, MiTownsville (public)

● TCP/IP - Protocol used to communicate on the Internet

● IoT - Internet of Things - Devices using the Internet by themselves

● CompTIA Network + Overview of Networking technologies

● Cisco CCNA - One of the languages to program networking hardware

● Virtual Machine (computers in a computer) internal networking

● Cloud Computing global datacentre networking e.g Amazon Web Services

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