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2. IT 240 Course Material IT 240 Entire Course IT 240 Final Project: LAN Consulting Plan Resources: Appendix A, Local Area Networksb. Due Date: Day 7 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Read Appendix A.d. Develop a plan to set up a local area network based on the scenario presented in Appendix • IT 240 Week 1 Checkpoint LAN Operating Systems Scenarios • IT 240 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • IT 240 Week 2 Checkpoint OSI Model Key Terms • IT 240 Week 3 Checkpoint Network Consultants Scenario • IT 240 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • IT 240 Week 4 Checkpoint TCP/IP LAN Plan

3. IT 240 Course Material IT 240 Week 1 Checkpoint: LAN Operating Systems Scenarios IT 240 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 Discussion Question 1 a. Due Date Day 2 – Post to DQ 1 thread in Main Forum b. Post your response to the following i. Explain what kind of network you are on at work or at home. If you do not have access to a network, ask a friend or family member to explain the type of network they have access to. • a. Resource: Appendix Bb. Due Date: Day 5 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Read the three scenarios in Appendix B.d. Answer the questions following each scenario for a total of 200 to 300 words.e. Review Assignment and File Submission format instructions, page 7 of Syllabus

4. IT 240 Course Material IT 240 Week 2 Assignment LAN Topologies- Appendix D IT 240 Week 2 Checkpoint: OSI Model Key Terms a. Resource: Appendix C - “Local Area Network”b. Due Date: Day 4 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Use the table in Appendix C to define the key terms related to the OSI Model.d. Describe the functions of any hardware connectivity devices and tools listed.e. Post Appendix C as an attachment – see (f)f. Review Assignment and File Submission format instructions, page 7 of Syllabus. • Read questions 11, 12, and 13 on pp. 141–142 of the text. Answer the multiple choice question for each. Explain your answers. Create a visual representation of each answer by copying and pasting the shapes provided in Appendix D (such as a bus, ring, star, or mesh) into a Microsoft® Word document.

5. IT 240 Course Material IT 240 Week 3 Checkpoint: Network Consultants Scenario IT 240 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 Discussion Question 1 a. Due Date Day 2 – Post to DQ 1 thread in Main Forum b. Post your response to the following i. What are the various types of Internet connectivity available today? ii. How do they differ from each other? iii. Explain your answer. • Resource: Local Area Networks (text book)b. Due Date: Day 5 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Read and complete question 58 p 175 of the text.d. Explain your answer in 200 to 300 words.e. Review Assignment and File Submission format instructions, page 7 of Syllabus.

6. IT 240 Course Material IT 240 Week 4 Assignment TCP or IP Network Troubleshooting IT 240 Week 4 Checkpoint: TCP/IP LAN Plan Resource: Local Area Networks (text book)f. Due Date: Day 5 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumg. Read and complete questions 8, 9, 23, and 29 on pp 268-269 of the text.h. List and Explain your answer in 200 to 300 words (total for all four questions).i. Review Assignment and File Submission format instructions, page 7 of Syllabus • Resources: Local Area Networks, Appendix Eb. Due Date: Day 7 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Read questions 80 on pp. 274-275 of the text.d. Identify the problems with the TCP/IP network in each scenario and explain how they should be fixed. Hint: There are 6 issues that need to be addressede. Complete the table in Appendix E. Explain your answer for each of the scenarios.

7. IT 240 Course Material IT 240 Week 5 Checkpoint: Network Consultants Scenario IT 240 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 Discussion Question 1 a. Due Date Day 2 – Post to DQ 1 thread in Main Forum b. Post your response to the following i. Read the scenario in question 6 on p. 290 of the text. ii. Select your answer, and then discuss the type of protocol you would use in this situation. • Resource: Local Area Networks (text book) & Internet Resourcesb. Due Date: Day 5 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Act as an IT consultant to a new nonprofit organization, Free Flu, which provides flu shots to the elderly.

8. IT 240 Course Material IT 240 Week 6 Assignment: Work Group Scenarios IT 240 Week 6 Checkpoint: Vocabulary Table a. Resource: Appendix F - “Local Area Network”b. Due Date: Day 4 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Use the table in Appendix F to define five of the key terms.d. Post Appendix F as an attachment – see (f)e. Review Assignment and File Submission format instructions, page 7 of Syllabus • Resource: Local Area Networksb. Due Date: Day 7 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Read Exercise 8: Creating Users on pp. 428-429 of the text.d. Explain how you would create the users for the sales organization unit and how to set up work groups in this particular situation.

9. IT 240 Course Material IT 240 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 IT 240 Week 8 Assignment: Disaster Plan Resource: Gb. Due Date: Day 7 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Read the company descriptions in Appendix G and select one.d. Create a disaster plan for your selected organization that includes how you would recommend the company back up and protect network data.i. Your plan should be 1,250 to 1,500 words in length • Discussion Question 1 • a. Due Date Day 2 – Post to DQ 1 thread in Main Forum • b. Post your response to the following • i. Research a current computer threat. Describe the nature of the threat and the potential repercussions it could have for a network.

10. IT 240 Course Material IT 240 Week 8 Checkpoint: Threat Categorization IT 240 Week 9 Capstone Question Capstone Questiona. Due Date Day 3 – Post to Capstone DQ thread in Main Forumb. Post your response to the followingi. Reflecting on what you have learned, would you feel comfortable setting up a local area network?ii. Why or why not?c. Read one of your classmates’ network descriptions. Respond to his or her post. Ask questions if you find that additional information is needed • Resource: “Local Area Network” and Response to Discussion Question 1 from Week 7b. Due Date: Day 5 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Define each of the following terms in your own words:i. Boot sectorii. File

11. IT 240 Course Material IT 240 Week 9 Final Project LAN Consulting Plan • Final Project LAN Consulting Plana. Resources Appendix A, Local Area Networksb. Due Date Day 7 – Post to Assignments thread in Individual Forumc. Read Appendix A.d. Develop a plan to set up a local area network based on the scenario presented in Appendix A.

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