Week $3$ Cisco Project

Your newly hired network support technician has recently passed the Network $+$ certification exam. He has been complaining that memorizing the layers of the OSI model was difficult and a waste of time. He understands why protocol developers need to know about it$,$ but thinks that network administrators and support people only need to know which protocols are operating on the network in question. Explain to him the reasons for using the OSI model. How could detailed knowledge of the model be valuable in his network support position?

Requirements are one to two pages, double$-$spaced, one inch margins all around, with at least one outside reference listed in a APA formatted works cited list at the end.

Complete the project and submit by the end of week $3.$ Please upload in Word format.

Your grade will be determined according to the following rubric:.

$45$ points $-$ Report contains valid $($appropriate$)$ responses to the project objectives.

$25$ points $-$ Report contains clear reasoning, insight, analysis or reflection. Report is coherent, logical and focused.

$10$ points $-$ References are cited in the correct APA format. Report is proofread