NTC/405

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING I

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NTC 405 Week 1 Individual: Hands-On Projects

Complete the following Hands-On Projects of Chs. 1, 2, and 3 in Guide to Networking Essentials.

To complete the Hands-On Projects, follow the project steps using your own computer:

• Hands-On Project 1-1: Examining a Computer’s Boot Procedure
• Hands-On Project 1-2: Upgrading a Stand-alone Computer to a Networked Computer
• Hands-On Project 1-3: 1-3 Viewing Network Software Layers
• Hands-On Project 1-4: Using ipconfig, ping, and arp
• Hands-On Project 1-5: Exploring Peer-to-Peer Networking
• Hands-On Project 1-6: Creating a Shared Folder
• Hands-On Project 1-7: Transferring a Document to Another Computer
• Hands-On Project 2-1: Using Wireshark with a Hub
• Hands-On Project 2-2: Using Wireshark with a Switch
• Hands-On Project 2-3: Examining Hub and Switch Indicator Lights and Uplink Ports
• Hands-On Project 2-4: Connecting to a Wireless Access Point
• Hands-On Project 2-5: Communicating over a Router
• Hands-On Project 2-6: Using Trace Route to See How Packets Travel Through the Internet
• Hands-On Project 3-1: Building a Physical Star Topology Network
• Hands-On Project 3-2: Determining and Changing Your Ethernet Standard
• Hands-On Project 3-3: Viewing an Ethernet Frame

After completing the hands-on projects, write a 1/2- to 1-page reflection on what you learned. Discuss any areas where you had difficulty as well as areas that were easy for you to complete. How does your current work experience help or not help with networking projects?

Submit your reflection using the Assignment Files tab.

NTC 405 Week 2 Individual: Frequently Asked Questions Document

Aftercompleting this weeks Practice Labs activities, create a document of 10 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) that you would expect to receive from users of a network, with a well-crafted response or answer. These FAQs should be related to what each protocol acronym stands for and what that protocol performs within the network.

Create a 2- to 3-page Frequently Asked Question and Answer document using Microsoft®Word with at least 10 FAQs covering a minimum of five different protocols that will be used to train users on those protocols.

Submit the FAQ document using the Assignment Files tab.

NTC 405 Week 3 Learning Team: Wide Area Network Fundamentals

Use the Company Overview provided in Week One.

Discuss as a team the pros and cons to using a WAN over the Internet or VPN-based WAN. Based on your discussions outcome, decide as a group if a VPN-based WAN is a good solution to connect the two organizations (Telex and Virex).

Create a 6- to 8-slide presentation with the pros and cons of the solution and your recommendation on how to proceed with the WAN connection between the two organizations. Format the completed slides and speaker notes in the presentation following APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment using the Assignment Files tab.

NTC 405 Week 3 Individual: Pros and Cons of Network Services

After completing this week’s Practice Labs activities, create a 2- to 2.5-page table using Microsoft® Word highlighting the pros and cons from a network administrator’s perspective, along with a use case description of the following:

• IPv4
• IPv6
• Doman Name Services (DNS)
• Using SaaS solutions
• SaaS Solutions impact of a WAN

Submit your assignment using the Assignment Files tab.

NTC 405 Week 4 Learning Team: Security Policy Elements

Use the Company Overview provided in Week One.

Discuss as a team why security policies are so important to an organization and what topics should be covered in a policy. Based on your discussions outcome, decide as a group those topics that should be covered in a security policy.

Create a 2- to 3-page security policy memorandum detailing the topics your team decided should be covered in a policy. Create the policy as if you were going to use it to inform new users from the organization that was acquired by Virex.

Submit your assignment using the Assignment Files tab.

NTC 405 Week 4 Individual: Interview Questions

You are an IT Manager for a large company that recently experienced an internet breach. You have determined that implementing VPN services between sites for backup WAN connections and upgrading the security inside your network will help combat future internet breaches. In order to complete the project and maintain it you need to recruit new employees to implement new security policies, VPN’s, firewalls, and virus scanning. You are now at the interview stage, and HR has requested that you create a list of standard technical questions you will ask each candidate.

Create 10 interview questions, not to exceed 2 pages, related to several different aspects of security that will be used in the interview process. Base the questions on what you learned in this week’s Practice Labs activities.

Since this is your first time interviewing, watch the module “Purpose of Technical Questions” from the Pluralsight video “The Successful Technical Interview for Interviewers” with Jason Alba.

Submit your assignment using the Assignment Files tab.

NTC 405 Week 5 Individual: Troubleshooting Document

After completing this week’s Practice Labs activities, create a 2.5- to 3-page troubleshooting document that is intended to become part of the internal knowledge base for IT staff members to reference when encountering issues. Your document should identify issues and troubleshooting steps covering the following:

• Common operating system (OS) installation issues
• DNS issues on the server and on the client
• Common TCP/IP connectivity issues
• Common backup and restore issues
• Connectivity issues with iSCSI storage

Submit your assignment using the Assignment Files tab.