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• IT 242 Capstone Discussion Question

• IT 242 Entire Course

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• Due Date Day 3 Main forum
• Post your response to the following How has your
  perception of WAN technology changed as a result
  of what you have studied in this course?

•  IT 242 Week 1 CheckPoint OSI Model
• IT 242 Week 1 DQs
• IT 242 Week 2 CheckPoint Signals
• IT 242 Week 2 Assignment VoIP
• IT 242 Week 3 DQs
• IT 242 Week 4 CheckPoint Ethernet or Token Ring
• IT 242 Week 4 Assignment VLAN
• IT 242 Week 5 CheckPoint Switching

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• IT 242 Final Project WAN Design

• IT 242 Week 1 CheckPoint OSI Model

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• Resource Appendix A
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Read Appendix A.
• Develop a plan to set up a wide

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• Due Date Day 5 post to the Individual forum
• Describe the OSI model and how it relates to a
  network in 200 to 300 words. Your response should
  include answers to the following
• On which layers of the OSI model do WAN protocols
  operate?
• What are some of these protocols?

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• IT 242 Week 1 DQs

• IT 242 Week 2 Assignment VoIP

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• Due Date Day 2 post to the Main forum
• Post your response to the following What is a
  WAN? Locate an example of a typical WAN setup and
  describe the components. Provide a picture,
  chart, or image if possible. Respond to your
  classmates and discuss how your examples differ.
• 6. Discussion Question 2
• Due Date Day 4 post to the Main forum
• Post your response to the following

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• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Conduct an Internet search to locate a case study
  that shows how VoIP was beneficial to an
  organization

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• IT 242 Week 2 CheckPoint Signals

• IT 242 Week 3 DQs

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• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Explain the differences between data, voice, and
  video signals in 200 to 300 words.
• Include a description comparing the differences
  between PBX and VoIP.

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• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Post your response to the following Conduct an
  Internet search to locate an example of a private
  network and a public network. How is each network
  used? What are the pros

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• IT 242 Week 4 Assignment VLAN

• IT 242 Week 4 CheckPoint Ethernet or Token Ring

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• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Consider the following scenario
• Your company moves into a new building. Marketing
  is on the first floor, engineering is on the

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• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Consider the following scenarios.
• Saguaro Federal has mainframes for all of its
  banks and businesses. Should the company use the
  Ethernet

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• IT 242 Week 5 CheckPoint Switching

• IT 242 Week 5 DQs

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• Due Date Day 5 Individual forum
• Compare and contrast packet and circuit switching
  in 250 to 300 words. Which is more commonly used?
  What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

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• Discussion Question 1
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum
• Post your response to the following Identify the
  functions of a CSU/DSU. How are they used in a
  corporate environment?
• 3. Discussion Question 2

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• IT 242 Week 6 Assignment Router and Switch
  Configuration

• IT 242 Week 6 CheckPoint Static or Dynamic

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• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Describe how to configure a switch and router in
  a 350- to 750-word paper in APA format. Be sure
  to include the following
• Basics of installing, setting up, and configuring
  a switch
• User interface console and the purpose of each
  menu item
• Configuring VLANs and spanning tree protocol
• Basics of installing, setting up, and configuring
  a router
• The different comment mo

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• Due Date Day 5 Individual forum
• Consider the following scenario
• As a network administrator for a company, you
  want to configure an IP route between two
  routers. Of static and dynamic routing, which is
  more appropriate?
• Explain your answer in 200 to 300 words
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• IT 242 Week 7 CheckPoint Firewalls

• IT 242 Week 7 DQs

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• Due Date Day 5 Individual forum
• In 200 to 300 words
• Describe the three main types of firewalls.
• Explain how each type protects a network.
• Determine which firewall is the most efficient
  and why.
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• Discussion Question 1o Due Date Day 2 Main
  forumo Post your response to the following What
  are some of the greatest security risks to a wide
  area network? Provide an example of one risk and
  discuss the potential consequences and possible
  precautions.3. Discussion Question 2o Due Date
  Day 4 Main forum

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• IT 242 Week 8 Assignment Wireless Signals

• IT 242 Week 8 CheckPoint WLAN

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• Resource Ch. 18 of Wide Area Networks
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Discuss four different types of wireless
  technologies in a 350- to 700-word paper in APA
  format

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• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Explain in 200 to 300 words at least two
  different ways to secure a WLAN. What are the
  ramifications

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