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• IT 230 Capstone Discussion Question
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Post your response to the following Provide a
350- to 500-word overview of your network design
project. Then, post feedback to the other members
of class, and respond to the feedback you receive
from your classmates.
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• IT 230 Entire Course
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IT 230 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 IT 230 Week 1
Discussion Question 2 IT 230 Week 3 Discussion
Question 1 IT 230 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 IT
230 Week 5 Discussion Question 1
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• IT 230 Final Project Executive Summary for
  Network Design Project
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Prepare an executive summary, and consolidate the
papers and assignments from Weeks Two, Four, Six,
and Eight into a comprehensive network design
paper following the template provided in Appendix
B. The paper should be 4,900 to 5,250 words in
length, and include at least eight scholarly
references cited in the previous papers.
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• IT 230 Week 1 CheckPoint OSI Model
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Post a response to the following List the seven
layers of the OSI model. Describe the function
and purpose of each layer
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• IT 230 Week 1 Discussion Question 1
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Post your response to the following Why would a
company want a network on its premises? How would
a department or company benefit by having a
network
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• IT 230 Week 1 Discussion Question 2
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Due Date Day 4 post to the Main forum Post
your response to the following Give a real-world
example of how any of the terms used in Ch. 2 or
3 could be utilized in a communications network.
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• IT 230 Week 2 Assignment LAN Topology Design and
  Cabling Specifications Paper
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Create a portion of the final project, which
includes a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that
includes the following A description of the LAN
topology design that will be used at each office,
and a checklist of cabling specifications for a
cabling contractor.
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• IT 230 Week 2 CheckPoint Group Discussion on
  Network Topologies
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Conduct a group discussion of network topologies.
The class will be divided into three groups bus,
star, and ring. Check the Main forum for your
assigned discussion group. Include each of the
following aspects in your discussion advantages
and disadvantages, types of wiring, and potential
diagrams for the topology.
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• IT 230 Week 3 CheckPoint Calculating Bandwidth
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You have been asked to calculate the total data
transfer required for the event. You have also
been asked to verify that your Internet
connection can support the maximum estimated
concurrent listeners. You have a
45-megabits-per-second (Mbps) connection to the
Internet (a T3 circuit).
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• IT 230 Week 3 Discussion Question 1
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Post your response to the following What
telecommunications network components do you use
every day at home, work, and/or school? Describe
each of your applicable experiences
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• IT 230 Week 3 Discussion Question 2
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Post your response to the following Why is it
important to understand the bandwidth needs for
wide area networks? How does bandwidth affect the
average consumer of technology?
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• IT 230 Week 4 Assignment WAN Paper
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Design a wide area network (WAN) between offices
that includes appropriate math calculations to
meet the bandwidth.
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• IT 230 Week 4 CheckPoint Plotting the Path of a
  Packet Across the Internet
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Write a description of the path a packet takes
across the Internet from destination A to
destination B. What types of network devices does
the packet pass through?
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• IT 230 Week 5 CheckPoint VPN vs. Dial-Up
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Post your response to the following Describe the
difference between virtual private network (VPN)
remote access and dial-up
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• IT 230 Week 5 Discussion Question 1
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Post your response to the following A network or
telecommunications protocol is a set of standards
or rules that defines how two computers will
communicate with each other to accomplish a task.
These standards are often defined by vendors like
IBM or Cisco as well as independent standards
groups or committees. Such organizations include
the IEEE, at http//ieee.com/web/standards/home/in
dex.html and the ISO, at http//www.iso.org.
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• IT 230 Week 5 Discussion Question 2
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Post your response to the following What types
of business applications would you deem important
in a networked business office? What types of
network servers and resources would be necessary
to run these business applications?
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• IT 230 Week 6 Assignment Remote Access Solutions
  
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Justify whether or not your network design will
support dial-up or VPN remote access using
descriptions of the following aspects the
advantages and disadvantages of your remote
access solution, the network protocols that will
be used on your network, and the office
applications and location of servers to support
your business applications. List the
disadvantages to your solution. The paper should
be 1,400 to 1,750 words in length, follow APA
format, and include a minimum of two references.
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• IT 230 Week 6 CheckPoint Network Remote Access
  Security
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Due Date Day 5 Individual forum Research and
locate three recent scholarly articles on a
network remote access security topic. Write a
350- to 500-word summary for 1 of the 3
articles. Post your summary to the Individual
forum.
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• IT 230 Week 7 Discussion Question 1
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Post your response to the following Describe a
recent high-profile computer security issue that
you have heard of or read about. According to
basic network security principles, how might the
issue have been avoided? Provide at least one
resource other than your text to support your
answer
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• IT 230 Week 7 Discussion Question 2
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Post your response to the following Consider a
natural or man-made disaster, and discuss how a
communications network could be recovered from
such a disaster. Refer to communication issues
experienced during and after the tsunami in
December of 2004 or similar issues experienced in
the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in August of
2005. Provide at least one resource other than
your text to support your answer.
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• IT 230 Week 8 Assignment Backup and Disaster
  Recovery Plan
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Discuss the security of the network and suggest
best practices for securing the business network.
The paper should be 1,050 to 1,400 words in
length, follow APA format, and include a minimum
of two references.
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• IT 230 Week 8 CheckPoint Vendor Search for
  Backup and Recovery Solutions
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Due Date Day 5 Individual forum Research a
vendor that offers backup and/or disaster
recovery solutions, and write a 350- to 500-word
summary of their solutions. Post your summary to
the Individual forum.
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