Assignment List for CMPTR 291 (Revised 1/1/08)

Unit 1 -

Reading Assignment:

Ch. 1 (Eckert and Schitka)

Assignment Type: Discussion Board Date Due: January 12, 2008
Points Possible: 20 Project Duration: 1 - 2 hours

Deliverable Length: 3 - 4 paragraphs

Choosing Network Services -

You are a member of the IT team at Great Arctic North University. The university is designing a new network. As part of the planning process, you are meeting with the rest of the IT Department to brainstorm on what services may be required on the network. Make a list of the network services that you think may be required and describe why.
 

Post your answer on the Discussion Board. Be an active participant in the discussion by responding to a few posts and showing your appreciation for the contributions from your colleagues.
 

Assignment Type: Lab Due Date: January 12, 2008

Points Possible: 30 Project Duration: 2 hours

Deliverable Length: N/A

Using the Online facilities of LabMentors - http://course.labmentors.com - complete all seven activities from Chapter One (Activity 1-1 thru 1-7). Be sure to follow all directions. Before attempting your first lab, be sure to update your "Profile" to include my e-mail address, where the results of your lab will be sent once you have completed them - kblackwell@oc.ctc.edu. Be sure to fill out all require forms, while performing the lab exercise and do not exit out of the lab incorrectly or leave the lab prematurely (before the status of the lab has changed to "complete." You have a total of 40 hours of lab time in which to complete all labs in this course. That should be more than enough time to practice any labs that giving you difficulties.

 

Assignment Type: Test Due Date: January 12, 2008

Points Possible: 40 Project Duration:  1 hour

Deliverable Length: N/A

Finish the CMPTR 291 Unit 1 - Exam before next Sunday.  Log into http://www.evtestcenter.com/ and specify my name - kblackwell - for your "Instructor ID:"  Select "CMPTR 291 Chapter 1 - Exam."  Then specify your "ID:" as your Student ID (including the hyphens, i.e. 860-11-1111) and your password is your home phone that you provided during registration time (without the area code and with the hyphen, i.e. 555-1212).  Once you've logged in you can take your exam.  The results will automatically be e-mailed to your instructor.  The exam is not timed.  Exams for a given unit will only be displayed during the week that they are applicable.  This is an open book exam.

 

Unit 2 -

Reading Assignment:

Ch. 2 (Eckert and Schitka)

Assignment Type: Discussion Board Date Due: January 19, 2008
Points Possible: 20 Project Duration: 1 - 2 hours

Deliverable Length: 3 - 4 paragraphs

Choosing IP Addresses -

Jerry is unsure whether you should use Internal IP addresses for your network or get Internet-accessible addresses from ZAP Internet Services. Write a short list of pros and cons for each option that you can use when discussing this matter in the weekly technical staff meeting.
 

Post your answer on the Discussion Board. Be an active participant in the discussion by responding to a few posts and showing your appreciation for the contributions from your colleagues.
 

Assignment Type: Lab Due Date: January 19, 2008

Points Possible: 30 Project Duration: 3 hours

Deliverable Length: N/A

Using the Online facilities of LabMentors - http://course.labmentors.com - complete all fourteen activities from Chapter Two (Activity 2-1 thru 2-14). Be sure to follow all directions. The results of your lab will be automatically sent to me once you have completed them. Be sure to fill out all require forms, while performing the lab exercise and do not exit out of the lab incorrectly or leave the lab prematurely (before the status of the lab has changed to "complete." You have a total of 40 hours of lab time in which to complete all labs in this course. That should be more than enough time to practice any labs that giving you difficulties. A running total of the time that you've spent in all of your labs is available on the LabMentors website.
 

Assignment Type: Test Due Date: January 19, 2008

Points Possible: 40 Project Duration: 1 hour

Deliverable Length: N/A

Finish the CMPTR 291 Unit 2 - Exam before next Sunday.  Log into http://www.evtestcenter.com/ and specify my name - kblackwell - for your "Instructor ID:"  Select "CMPTR 291 Chapter 2 - Exam."  Then specify your "ID:" as your Student ID (including the hyphens, i.e. 860-11-1111) and your password is your home phone that you provided during registration time (without the area code and with the hyphen, i.e. 555-1212).  Once you've logged in you can take your exam.  The results will automatically be e-mailed to your instructor.  The exam is not timed.  This is an open book exam.
 

Unit 3 -

Reading Assignment:

Ch. 3 (Eckert and Schitka)

Assignment Type: Discussion Board Date Due: January 26, 2008
Points Possible: 20 Project Duration: 1 - 2 hours

Deliverable Length: 3 - 4 paragraphs

Planning Application Layer Protocols

One firewall that you are evaluating has the ability to control network traffic at the Application layer. As part of your own planning process, list the Application layer protocols that you would allow through the firewall, those you would block, and your reasons for doing so.
 

Post your answer on the Discussion Board. Be an active participant in the discussion by responding to a few posts and showing your appreciation for the contributions from your colleagues.
 

Assignment Type: Lab Due Date: January 26, 2008

Points Possible: 30 Project Duration: 2.5 hours

Deliverable Length: N/A

Using the Online facilities of LabMentors - http://course.labmentors.com - complete all nine activities from Chapter Three (Activity 3-1 thru 3-9). Be sure to follow all directions. The results of your lab will be automatically sent to me once you have completed them. Be sure to fill out all require forms, while performing the lab exercise and do not exit out of the lab incorrectly or leave the lab prematurely (before the status of the lab has changed to "complete." You have a total of 40 hours of lab time in which to complete all labs in this course. That should be more than enough time to practice any labs that giving you difficulties. A running total of the time that you've spent in all of your labs is available on the LabMentors website.
 

Assignment Type: Test Due Date: January 26, 2008

Points Possible: 40 Project Duration: 1 hour

Deliverable Length: N/A

Finish the CMPTR 291 Unit 3 - Exam before next Sunday.  Log into http://www.evtestcenter.com/ and specify my name - kblackwell - for your "Instructor ID:"  Select "CMPTR 291 Chapter 3 - Exam."  Then specify your "ID:" as your Student ID (including the hyphens, i.e. 860-11-1111) and your password is your home phone that you provided during registration time (without the area code and with the hyphen, i.e. 555-1212).  Once you've logged in you can take your exam.  The results will automatically be e-mailed to your instructor.  The exam is not timed.  This is an open book exam.
 

Unit 4 -

Reading Assignment:

Ch. 4 (Eckert and Schitka)

Assignment Type: Discussion Board Date Due: February 2, 2008
Points Possible: 20 Project Duration: 1 - 2 hours

Deliverable Length: 3 - 4 paragraphs

Multiple Subnet -

You are planning how DHCP will be used to deliver IP addresses to clients on one of your campuses with five different subnets.  Write a short memo describing the pros and cons of using a single DHCP server versus multiple DHCP servers.
 

Post your answer on the Discussion Board. Be an active participant in the discussion by responding to a few posts and showing your appreciation for the contributions from your colleagues.
 

Assignment Type: Lab Due Date: February 2, 2008

Points Possible: 30 Project Duration: 2 hours

Deliverable Length: N/A

Using the Online facilities of LabMentors - http://course.labmentors.com - complete all sixteen activities from Chapter Four (Activity 4-1 thru 4-16). Be sure to follow all directions. The results of your lab will be automatically sent to me once you have completed them. Be sure to fill out all require forms, while performing the lab exercise and do not exit out of the lab incorrectly or leave the lab prematurely (before the status of the lab has changed to "complete." You have a total of 40 hours of lab time in which to complete all labs in this course. That should be more than enough time to practice any labs that giving you difficulties. A running total of the time that you've spent in all of your labs is available on the LabMentors website.


 

Assignment Type: Test Due Date: February 2, 2008

Points Possible: 40 Project Duration: 30 minutes

Deliverable Length: N/A

Finish the CMPTR 291 Unit 4 - Exam before next Sunday.  Log into http://www.evtestcenter.com/ and specify my name - kblackwell - for your "Instructor ID:"  Select "CMPTR 291 Chapter 4 - Exam."  Then specify your "ID:" as your Student ID (including the hyphens, i.e. 860-11-1111) and your password is your home phone that you provided during registration time (without the area code and with the hyphen, i.e. 555-1212).  Once you've logged in you can take your exam.  The results will automatically be e-mailed to your instructor.  The exam is not timed.  This is an open book exam.
 

Unit 5 -

Reading Assignment:

Ch. 6 (Eckert and Schitka)

Assignment Type: Discussion Board Date Due: February 9, 2008
Points Possible: 20 Project Duration: 1 - 2 hours

Deliverable Length: 3 - 4 paragraphs

Accommodating Non-Windows Operating Systems -

The main campus of Great Artic North University is routed and has a variety of operating systems in use as both clients and servers.  Many of the clients and servers are non-Windows operating systems such as Macintosh OS, Linux, and UNIX.  Some of the non-Windows operating systems are not able to participate in WINS.  How will you accommodate their operating systems?

Post your answer on the Discussion Board. Be an active participant in the discussion by responding to a few posts and showing your appreciation for the contributions from your colleagues.
 

Assignment Type: Lab Due Date: February 9, 2008

Points Possible: 30 Project Duration: 30 minutes

Deliverable Length: N/A

Using the Online facilities of LabMentors - http://course.labmentors.com - complete all six activities from Chapter Six (Activity 6-1 thru 6-6). Be sure to follow all directions. The results of your lab will be automatically sent to me once you have completed them. Be sure to fill out all require forms, while performing the lab exercise and do not exit out of the lab incorrectly or leave the lab prematurely (before the status of the lab has changed to "complete." You have a total of 40 hours of lab time in which to complete all labs in this course. That should be more than enough time to practice any labs that giving you difficulties. A running total of the time that you've spent in all of your labs is available on the LabMentors website.
 

Assignment Type: Test Due Date: February 9, 2008

Points Possible: 40 Project Duration: 30 minutes

Deliverable Length: N/A

Finish the CMPTR 291 Unit 5 - Exam before next Sunday.  Log into http://www.evtestcenter.com/ and specify my name - kblackwell - for your "Instructor ID:"  Select "CMPTR 291 Chapter 6 - Exam."  Then specify your "ID:" as your Student ID (including the hyphens, i.e. 860-11-1111) and your password is your home phone that you provided during registration time (without the area code and with the hyphen, i.e. 555-1212).  Once you've logged in you can take your exam.  The results will automatically be e-mailed to your instructor.  The exam is not timed.  This is an open book exam.
 

Unit 6 -

Reading Assignment:

Ch. 7 (Eckert and Schitka)

Assignment Type: Discussion Board Date Due: February 16, 2008
Points Possible: 20 Project Duration: 1 - 2 hours

Deliverable Length: 3 - 4 paragraphs

Creating DNS Zones -

It has been decided that the university will not replace the UNIX DNS servers with Windows Server 2003.  It has also been discovered that a few small departments also have Windows NT 4 servers running DNS.  In order to reduce replication traffic, not all Windows Server 2000 domain controllers will run as DNS servers.  In addition, some Windows Server 2003 member servers will run DNS.  The head of the Computer Services Department recommends that only Active Directory-integrated zones be created to reduce administrative and management overhead.  What are the implications of such a decision?  How can all DNS severs be integrated without upgrading the servers to Windows Server 2003?

Post your answer on the Discussion Board. Be an active participant in the discussion by responding to a few posts and showing your appreciation for the contributions from your colleagues.
 

Assignment Type: Lab Due Date: February 16, 2008

Points Possible: 30 Project Duration: 3 hours

Deliverable Length: N/A

Using the Online facilities of LabMentors - http://course.labmentors.com - complete all thirteen activities from Chapter Seven (Activity 7-1 thru 7-13). Be sure to follow all directions. The results of your lab will be automatically sent to me once you have completed them. Be sure to fill out all require forms, while performing the lab exercise and do not exit out of the lab incorrectly or leave the lab prematurely (before the status of the lab has changed to "complete." You have a total of 40 hours of lab time in which to complete all labs in this course. That should be more than enough time to practice any labs that giving you difficulties. A running total of the time that you've spent in all of your labs is available on the LabMentors website.
 

Assignment Type: Test Due Date: February 16, 2008

Points Possible: 40 Project Duration: 30 minutes

Deliverable Length: N/A

Finish the CMPTR 291 Unit 6 - Exam before next Sunday.  Log into http://www.evtestcenter.com/ and specify my name - kblackwell - for your "Instructor ID:"  Select "CMPTR 291 Chapter 7 - Exam."  Then specify your "ID:" as your Student ID (including the hyphens, i.e. 860-11-1111) and your password is your home phone that you provided during registration time (without the area code and with the hyphen, i.e. 555-1212).  Once you've logged in you can take your exam.  The results will automatically be e-mailed to your instructor.  The exam is not timed.  This is an open book exam.
 

Unit 7 -

Reading Assignment:

Ch. 8 (Eckert and Schitka)

Assignment Type: Discussion Board Date Due: February 23, 2008
Points Possible: 20 Project Duration: 1 - 2 hours

Deliverable Length: 3 - 4 paragraphs

Configuring Replication -

Great Arctic North University has eight physical locations connected by WAN links.  Each of these WAN links is slow, so you have decide to install a WINS server at each location.  Occasionally, clients at each location need to access NetBIOS resources in other locations.  To accommodate this, you must configure replication.  What things need to be taken into consideration when designing the replication topology?  What will the replication topology look like?

Post your answer on the Discussion Board. Be an active participant in the discussion by responding to a few posts and showing your appreciation for the contributions from your colleagues.
 

Assignment Type: Lab Due Date: February 23, 2008

Points Possible: 30 Project Duration: 3 hours

Deliverable Length: N/A

Using the Online facilities of LabMentors - http://course.labmentors.com - complete all eight activities from Chapter Eight (Activity 8-1 thru 8-8). Be sure to follow all directions. The results of your lab will be automatically sent to me once you have completed them. Be sure to fill out all require forms, while performing the lab exercise and do not exit out of the lab incorrectly or leave the lab prematurely (before the status of the lab has changed to "complete." You have a total of 40 hours of lab time in which to complete all labs in this course. That should be more than enough time to practice any labs that giving you difficulties. A running total of the time that you've spent in all of your labs is available on the LabMentors website.
 

Assignment Type: Test Due Date: February 23, 2008

Points Possible: 40 Project Duration: 1 hour

Deliverable Length: N/A

Finish the CMPTR 291 Unit 7 - Exam before next Sunday.  Log into http://www.evtestcenter.com/ and specify my name - kblackwell - for your "Instructor ID:"  Select "CMPTR 291 Chapter 8 - Exam."  Then specify your "ID:" as your Student ID (including the hyphens, i.e. 860-11-1111) and your password is your home phone that you provided during registration time (without the area code and with the hyphen, i.e. 555-1212).  Once you've logged in you can take your exam.  The results will automatically be e-mailed to your instructor.  The exam is not timed.  This is an open book exam.
 

Unit 8 -

Reading Assignment:

Ch. 9 (Eckert and Schitka)

Assignment Type: Discussion Board Date Due: March 1, 2008
Points Possible: 20 Project Duration: 1 - 2 hours

Deliverable Length: 3 - 4 paragraphs

Selecting an IPSec Policy -

Because of security concerns, an IPSec security policy is being evaluated for the university.  The board of directors wants all communication between staff workstations and all servers encrypted.  They would also like to encrypt all communication between students’ computers and the servers.  Student computers run various operating systems including Windows 95, UNIX, Linux, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.

How would you implement IPSec to encrypt as much TCP/IP traffic as possible with minimum overhead?

Post your answer on the Discussion Board. Be an active participant in the discussion by responding to a few posts and showing your appreciation for the contributions from your colleagues.
 

Assignment Type: Lab Due Date: March 1, 2008

Points Possible: 30 Project Duration: 2 hours

Deliverable Length: N/A

Using the Online facilities of LabMentors - http://course.labmentors.com - complete all nine activities from Chapter Nine (Activity 9-1 thru 9-9). Be sure to follow all directions. The results of your lab will be automatically sent to me once you have completed them. Be sure to fill out all require forms, while performing the lab exercise and do not exit out of the lab incorrectly or leave the lab prematurely (before the status of the lab has changed to "complete." You have a total of 40 hours of lab time in which to complete all labs in this course. That should be more than enough time to practice any labs that giving you difficulties. A running total of the time that you've spent in all of your labs is available on the LabMentors website.

Assignment Type: Test Due Date: March 1, 2008

Points Possible: 40 Project Duration: 30 minutes

Deliverable Length: N/A

Finish the CMPTR 291 Unit 8 - Exam before next Sunday.  Log into http://www.evtestcenter.com/ and specify my name - kblackwell - for your "Instructor ID:"  Select "CMPTR 291 Chapter 9 - Exam."  Then specify your "ID:" as your Student ID (including the hyphens, i.e. 860-11-1111) and your password is your home phone that you provided during registration time (without the area code and with the hyphen, i.e. 555-1212).  Once you've logged in you can take your exam.  The results will automatically be e-mailed to your instructor.  The exam is not timed.  This is an open book exam.
 

Unit 9 -

Reading Assignment:

Ch. 10 (Eckert and Schitka)

Assignment Type: Discussion Board Date Due: March 8, 2008
Points Possible: 20 Project Duration: 1 - 2 hours

Deliverable Length: 3 - 4 paragraphs

Protocol Problems -

You are about to implement remote access for the arts faculty.  As part of the planning process, you need to decide which protocols you will implement.  Which LAN protocols, remote access protocols, and VPN protocols do you think should be used and why?

Post your answer on the Discussion Board. Be an active participant in the discussion by responding to a few posts and showing your appreciation for the contributions from your colleagues.
 

Assignment Type: Group Project: Due Date: March 8, 2008

Points Possible: 100 Project Duration: 4 - 6 hours

Deliverable Length: N/A

Using good APA format, complete the case study from your textbook found on page 367 – Case Project 10-3: Securing Remote Access. The group project should include a division of labor to allow each group member to focus on a particular aspect of remote access security, both from the client’s perspective and the perspective of the server. Be sure to include consideration of remote clients that will be using wireless connections, low-speed dial-up connections and connections from public places such as Internet cafes. Make use of the group collaboration resources of BlackBoard. This includes a group chatroom, a group discussion board, and a members-only virtual classroom for each group. Make use of student e-mail, if necessary. This assignment is due no later than midnight on Saturday. There is no minimum length to this assignment, but you must answer the question fully to receive the full points for this assignment. Each member must also turn in a peer evaluation form before the project deadline. The blank peer evaluation form can be found on the "Professors Online" website for this class. When you're done, drop off your group assignment in any one group member’s "Digital Dropbox" for your group grade before midnight on Saturday.  Do not post your peer evaluations to the “File Exchange” area of the Group Pages.  Peer evaluations must be submitted only via the “Digital Dropbox” on WAOL.

Assignment Type: Lab Due Date: March 8, 2008

Points Possible: 30 Project Duration: 3 hours

Deliverable Length: N/A

Using the Online facilities of LabMentors - http://course.labmentors.com - complete all nine activities from Chapter Ten (Activity 10-1 thru 10-9). Be sure to follow all directions. The results of your lab will be automatically sent to me once you have completed them. Be sure to fill out all require forms, while performing the lab exercise and do not exit out of the lab incorrectly or leave the lab prematurely (before the status of the lab has changed to "complete." You have a total of 40 hours of lab time in which to complete all labs in this course. That should be more than enough time to practice any labs that giving you difficulties. A running total of the time that you've spent in all of your labs is available on the LabMentors website.


Assignment Type: Test Due Date: March 8, 2008

Points Possible: 40 Project Duration: 30 minutes

Deliverable Length: N/A

Finish the CMPTR 291 Unit 9 - Exam before next Sunday.  Log into http://www.evtestcenter.com/ and specify my name - kblackwell - for your "Instructor ID:"  Select "CMPTR 291 Chapter 10 - Exam."  Then specify your "ID:" as your Student ID (including the hyphens, i.e. 860-11-1111) and your password is your home phone that you provided during registration time (without the area code and with the hyphen, i.e. 555-1212).  Once you've logged in you can take your exam.  The results will automatically be e-mailed to your instructor.  The exam is not timed.  This is an open book exam.
 

Unit 10 -

Reading Assignment:

Ch. 13 (Eckert and Schitka)

Assignment Type: Discussion Board Date Due: March 15, 2008
Points Possible: 20 Project Duration: 1 - 2 hours

Deliverable Length: 3 - 4 paragraphs

Auditing Security Templates -

You have successfully administered security templates to all servers and workstations in the Great Arctic North University network.  You have used different templates for workstations, servers, and domain controllers.  Every 2 week, you wish to audit the settings on each computer to ensure that no changes have been made.  How will you accomplish this?  What tools will you use?

Post your answer on the Discussion Board. Be an active participant in the discussion by responding to a few posts and showing your appreciation for the contributions from your colleagues.
 

Assignment Type: Lab Due Date: March 15, 2008

Points Possible: 30 Project Duration: 1.5 hours

Deliverable Length: N/A

Using the Online facilities of LabMentors - http://course.labmentors.com - complete all five activities from Chapter Thirteen (Activity 13-1 thru 13-5). Be sure to follow all directions. The results of your lab will be automatically sent to me once you have completed them. Be sure to fill out all require forms, while performing the lab exercise and do not exit out of the lab incorrectly or leave the lab prematurely (before the status of the lab has changed to "complete." You have a total of 40 hours of lab time in which to complete all labs in this course. That should be more than enough time to practice any labs that giving you difficulties. A running total of the time that you've spent in all of your labs is available on the LabMentors website.


Assignment Type: Test Due Date: March 15, 2008

Points Possible: 40 Project Duration: 30 minutes

Deliverable Length: N/A

Finish the CMPTR 291 Unit 10 - Exam before next Sunday.  Log into http://www.evtestcenter.com/ and specify my name - kblackwell - for your "Instructor ID:"  Select "CMPTR 291 Chapter 13 - Exam."  Then specify your "ID:" as your Student ID (including the hyphens, i.e. 860-11-1111) and your password is your home phone that you provided during registration time (without the area code and with the hyphen, i.e. 555-1212).  Once you've logged in you can take your exam.  The results will automatically be e-mailed to your instructor.  The exam is not timed.  This is an open book exam.