Week 1 discussions
Networking in Society (graded)
Explain ways that networking has changed society in the past 10 years. Do you feel that computer networking has impacted your life? Please explain.
Peer-to-Peer and Client-Server Environments (graded)
What kind of network does your current or former workplace have: peer to peer or client-server? What problems does it have? What are some ideas to improve it? If you don't know which, explain what you think would have worked best and describe the circumstances.
Week 2 discussion
Transmission Basics (graded)
The lecture covers several standards. Which ones are most common? Which ones are more or less obsolete? What can you find out about the future of transmission and media types? What is happening with 10 Gbps? What about 100 Gbps?
Networking Hardware and Topologies (graded)
Let's figure out what kind of networking equipment an organization would need to buy. You can make assumptions on size and budget. What do we need to purchase? Why do we need to purchase it? That is, what will it do for us? How do we hook them together? That is, how do we cable
them (or not cable them) together? Why is there such a big difference in price with the brands? How do network topologies figure into our selections and designs?
Week 3 discussion
TCP/IP (graded)
There is an alphabet soup of protocols in TCP/IP: HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, TCP, UDP, IP, ARP, ICMP, and others. What are the characteristics of these protocols? What are they used for? Has there been an evolution in any of these protocols? Are there any weaknesses or
disadvantages?
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