Please explain the important characteristics of computer networking.
This is a general question the Cisco interviewer will ask early in the interview to begin the conversation, learn more about your qualifications, and collect some information from you they can use later in the interview. This type of question allows you to start to move the interview in a direction you are comfortable with.
"Some of the key characteristics of networking are:
Topology - This defines how the devices are arranged in the network, either physically or logically.
Protocol - The instructions or guidelines used to establish communication between devices on a network.
Medium - This is the transmission equipment used to move information across the network, consisting of either copper or fiber optic cables, or air, in the case of wireless communications via radio waves."
