Description:
- A bunch of Router talking to eachother
- has Internet protocol suite running with OSI model standard
LAN vs WAN
CDN
Network Flow Problem
Network monitoring:
- Monitoring tools can be 1 of:
- basic connectivity: test ability to communicate between 2 nodes and report information about path, performance. example: ping command, tracepath command
- Packet capturing/packet analyzer: intercept and display the contents of traffic. example: Wireshark, tcpdump
- Scanning: Connect to addresses of specific nodes or segment, port and report. example: nmap command