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2. IT 242 Entire Course IT 242 Successful Learning IT 242 Week 1 CheckPoint: OSI Model IT 242 Week 1 DQs IT 242 Week 2 CheckPoint: Signals 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. IT 242 Week 1 CheckPoint: OSI Model

3. IT 242 Successful Learning • IT 242 Week 1 DQs 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. Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] Conduct an Internet search to locate a case study that shows how VoIP was beneficial to an organization. IT 242 Week 2 Assignment: VoIP

4. IT 242 Successful Learning • IT 242 Week 2 CheckPoint: Signals Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum] Explain the differences between data, voice, and video signals in 200 to 300 words. 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 and cons of each? IT 242 Week 3 DQs

5. IT 242 Successful Learning • IT 242 Week 4 Assignment: VLAN Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] Consider the following scenario: Your company moves into a new building. Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum] Consider the following scenarios. Saguaro Federal has mainframes for all of its banks and businesses IT 242 Week 4 CheckPoint: Ethernet or Token Ring

6. IT 242 Successful Learning • IT 242 Week 5 CheckPoint: Switching 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? Discussion Question 1 Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum] Post your response to the following: Identify the functions of a CSU/DSU. IT 242 Week 5 DQs

7. IT 242 Successful Learning • IT 242 Week 6 Assignment: Router and Switch Configuration Assignment Router and Switch Configuration Due Date Day 7 [Individual forum] Describe how to configure a switch and router in a 350- to 750-word paper in APA format. 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. IT 242 Week 6 CheckPoint: Static or Dynamic

8. IT 242 Week 7 CheckPoint: Firewalls IT 242 Successful Learning Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum In 200 to 300 words: Describe the three main types of firewalls. Discussion Question 1 o Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum o Post your response to the following: What are some of the greatest security risks to a wide area network? IT 242 Week 7 DQs

9. IT 242 Week 8 Assignment: Wireless Signals IT 242 Successful Learning 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. 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 if a WLAN is breached? IT 242 Week 8 CheckPoint: WLAN

10. IT 242 Week 9 Capstone Discussion Question IT 242 Successful Learning 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? Resource: Appendix A Due Date: Day 7 [Individual forum] Read Appendix A. Develop a plan to set up a wide area network based on the scenario presented in Appendix A IT 242 Week 9 Final Project WAN Design

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