MIS 589 Week 1 Discussion 1 & 2 | Introduction and the Application Layer
Discussion 0: Introductions (not graded, but required)
Discussion 1: Adopting New Communication Technologies (graded)
Discussion 2: Networks and Protocols (graded)
MIS 589 Week 2 Discussion 1 & 2 | Physical Layer and Data Link Layer
Discussion 1: Communication Media Minicase (graded)Discussion 2: Data Link Layer Minicase (graded)
MIS 589 Week 3 Discussion 1 & 2 | Network DesignDiscussion 1: N..
Discussion 0: Introduction (Not graded, but required)
Introducing the way Discussion is to be done.
Discussion 1: Adopting New Communication Technologies (graded)
Accurate Accounting: Diego Lopez is the
managing partner of Accurate Accounting, a small accounting firm that operates
a dozen offices in California. Accurate Accounting provides audit and
consulting services to a growing number of small and mediumsized firms, many
of which are high technology firms. Accurate Accounting staff t..
Discussion 1: Communication Media Minicase (graded)
Eureka! is a telephone and Internetbased
concierge service that specializes in obtaining things that are hard to find
(e.g., Super Bowl tickets, firstedition books from the 1500s, Fabergé eggs).
It currently employees 60 staff members who work 24 hours per day (over three
shifts). Staff members answer phone calls and respond to requests entered on
the Eureka! website. Currently, each staff member has a desktop PC with two
monitors and a tw..
Discussion 1: Network and Transport Layer (graded)
The Internet is a network of networks.
Explain the role of the network layer and Internet protocol (IP) in order to
make internet working possible.
Discussion 2: Network Design - Mini-case (graded)
Computer dynamics is a microcomputer
software development company that has a 300 computer network. The company is
located in three adjacent five story buildings in an office park with about
100 computers in each building. The LANs in each buil..
Discussion 1: LANs (graded)
Sally’s Shoes (mini case): Sally Smith runs a shoe store in the mall that is about 30 feet by 50 feet in size, including a small office and a storage area in the rear. The store has one inventory computer in the storage area and one computer in the office. She is replacing the tow cash registers with computers that will act as cash registers but will also be able to communicate with the inventory computer. Sally wants to network the computers with a LAN. What sort of..
Discussion 1: Wide Area Networks (graded)
Cookies Are Us (minicase): Cookies Are Us runs a series of 100 cookie stores across the Midwestern United States and central Canada. At the end of each day, the store sends sales and inventory data to headquarters, which uses the data to headquarters and uses the data to ship new inventory and plan a marketing campaign.
The company has decided to move to a new WAN. As a consultant,
what kind of WAN architecture would you recommend, and why would ..
Discussion 1: Risk Assessment (graded)
Belmont State Bank (minicase): Belmont state Bank is a large bank with hundreds of branches that are connected to a central computer system. Some branches are connected over dedicated circuits and others use multi protocol label switching (MPLS). Each client has a variety of client computers and ATMs connected to a server. The server stores the branches and transmits it several times during the day to the central computer system. Tellers at each branch si..
Discussion 1: Network Management - Cost
City School District (minicase): City School district is a large urban school district that operates 27 schools serving 22,000 students from kindergarten through grade 12. All schools are networked into a regional WAN that connects the schools to the district central office and each other. The district has 5,300 client computers. The table shows the annual costs. Calculate the real total cost of ownership—TCO (without wasted time).
Discussion 2: Networ..