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IT 273_Networking Concepts Projects

This is the IT 273 Networking Concepts Unit 6 and Unit 10 (Final) Projects. These projects are significant because they provide the framework used in Information Technology today.     More

This is the IT 273 Networking Concepts Unit 6 and Unit 10 (Final) Projects. These projects are significant because they provide the framework used in Information Technology today.    

File Name Description Requirements Action
Recognizing Physical and Logical Topologies This file is the Unit 6 Project More
This file is the Unit 6 Project in IT 273: Networking Concepts that showed me how to recognize physical and logical topologies. Being able to recognize topologies can be beneficial in upgrading or designing a new network. Moreover, the last two screenshots show how a network segment can be added to an existing network using switches, a wireless access point (WAP), or a completely different technology.      
Microsoft Office Word 2007, possibly 2003. More
Microsoft Office Word 2007, possibly 2003.
Network Design Hardware and Protocols This file is part 1 of IT273: Networking More
This file is part 1 of IT273: Networking Concepts Unit 10 Final Project that consists of 2 parts. Part 1 is sections A and B which describes the functions of the hardware used to design the network and a research on some common protocols, respectively.   
Microsoft Office Word 2003 and possibly More
Microsoft Office Word 2003 and possibly 2007
Comparing NOSs and Building a Network This file is part 2 of IT More
This file is part 2 of IT 273:Networking Concepts Unit 10 Final Project which consists of part C through H. This is the objective part of the project because it starts out comparing the characteristics and features/functions of Network Operating Systems, but ends with a complete network design. This project was in the early part of the curriculum, but proved as the foundation for all the networking curriculum to come.      
Microsoft Office Word 2003 and possibly 2007 More
Microsoft Office Word 2003 and possibly 2007

IT 278_Network Administration Projects

This is the IT 278: Network Adminstration Unit 9 and (final) Unit 10 Projects. The Unit 9 Using Linux: Configuration and Administration project is significant because it introduced Linux Suse, showed me how to create and manage user accounts in a Linux Suse environment, and  also exposed how to use KCron which is a tool More

This is the IT 278: Network Adminstration Unit 9 and (final) Unit 10 Projects. The Unit 9 Using Linux: Configuration and Administration project is significant because it introduced Linux Suse, showed me how to create and manage user accounts in a Linux Suse environment, and  also exposed how to use KCron which is a tool for running applications in the background at regular intervals. Considering that Linux is a platform that is not as widely used as Windows, this was a great project for introducing an alternative to Windows. Further, some of Linux is an open source software, so this project also exposed how to use open source code which can be modified and is free to the public. The (final) Unit 10 Network Administrator Training Manual project is extremely significant because it showed me: the difference between clients and servers, common ethical issues that network administrators face, and how to prepare a training manual for junior IT administrators in Windows Server 2003 and Linux. Section A pertains to Windows Server 2003 and section B pertains to Linux.   



    

File Name Description Requirements Action
Linux Configuration and Administration This file is IT 278: Network More
This file is IT 278: Network Administration Unit 9 Project which consists of configuring Linux in a virtual environment. This project was extremely significant because it showed me how to configure an Operating System on top of a host Operating System. Further, this project introduced me to Linux Suse and exposed how to use open source software.   
Microsoft Office Word 2007 More
Microsoft Office Word 2007
Network Administrator Training Manual Project This file is the IT 278: More

This file is the IT 278: Network Administation Unit 10 (final) Network Administrator Training Manual Project in which the requirements were to create a training manual for junior IT administrators in both Windows Server 2003 and Linux. I found this project to be most challenging and attractive because it pertainined many moving parts. Not only did it request the training manual from scratch for the new junior IT administrators, but it also requested that we use two different operating systems (Windows Server 2003 and Linux Suse) in a virtual environment on top of my host operating system (Windows 7). This was not an easy task because of the length of the project; however, once I finished, I realized that it required all the network administration practices taught throughout the term. This project taught my how to manage a project with many moving parts while simultaneously stretching my IT network adminstration scholastic capacity (which is what eduaction is all about).   

 Microsoft Office Word 2007 More
Microsoft Office Word 2007

IT 283_Networking with TCP_IP Projects

This is the IT 283: Networking With TCP_IP Unit 9 and Unit 10 (final) projects. The Unit 9 Planning and Cabling Networks Project is most significant because it introduced Packet Tracer 5.0 which is apart of the Cisco Networking Academy e-learning More

This is the IT 283: Networking With TCP_IP Unit 9 and Unit 10 (final) projects. The Unit 9 Planning and Cabling Networks Project is most significant because it introduced Packet Tracer 5.0 which is apart of the Cisco Networking Academy e-learning initiative that enables students to develop valuable information and communication technology skills for increased access to opportunities in the global economy. What Packet Tracer further offered was the ability to trace a packet as it traverses the 7 layers of the OSI Model. The Unit 9 and Unit 10 projects are paramount because it afforded me the opportunity to see what a packet does at each layer of the OSI Model, and the greatest benefit of this packet tracing software is that during troubleshooting a network administrator or technician can pin-point where the packet is having trouble reaching it's destination.  

File Name Description Requirements Action
Planning_Configuring_and Cabling Networks This file is the IT 283: Networking More
This file is the IT 283: Networking with TCP/IP Unit 9 Planning and Cabling Networks-Configuring and Testing a Network Project which consisted of: connecting a logical topology, creating an addressing scheme using variable length subnet masking, establishing a console session using a Packet Tracer terminal, and establishing a console session with a Cisco IOS router. This is were Packet Tracer is really effective because without this software, I would not have been able to receive the hands-on configuration training needed for the understanding.    
Microsoft Office Word 2007 More
Microsoft Office Word 2007
Cover Page Mia Cass Foods This file is the IT 283: More
This file is the IT 283: Networking with TCP/IP Unit 10 Mia Casa Foods: Network Design and Data Communication Project cover  page. I added this because the project actually comprises a Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio, but not Word, so I added the cover page to stay consistent with labeling and APA formatting. 
Microsoft Office Word 2007 More
Microsoft Office Word 2007
Mia Casa Addressing Scheme and Subnetting This file is the IT 283: More
This file is the IT 283: Networking with TCP/IP Unit 10 Mia Casa Foods: Network Design and Data Communication Addressing Scheme and Subnetting portion of the project. Created using Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet, it shows how the IP addresses were divided using Variable Length Subnet Masking (VLSM). Further, what the worksheet shows is the total number of IP addresses which is the sum of all the possible hosts in all 3 locations. The importance of VLSM is that it allows a network administrator the ability to create an addressing scheme that is scalable but not wasteful.     
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 More
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Mia Casa Network Design This file is the IT 283: More
This file is the IT 283: Networking with TCP/IP Unit 10 Mia Casa Foods: Network Design and Data Communication Network Design portion of the project. Created using Microsoft Office PowerPoint, it shows the new additions and recommendations, the Los Angeles LAN (Headquarters) New York and Mexico City network communication strategy (which consists of VLANs, Intranet, VPN, Firewall, and Anti-Virus protection connections), science of the network design, addressing and subnetting scheme insight, and references. This PowerPoint presentation is significant because it poses as the umbrella of the overall network design.          
Microsft Office PowerPoint 2007 More
Microsft Office PowerPoint 2007
Mia Casa Old and New Network Design This file is the IT 283: More
This file is the IT 283: Networking with TCP/IP Unit 10 Mia Casa Foods: Network Design and Data Communication Network Design using Microsoft Office Visio portion of the project. Divided into 4 part (A,B,C,D) it shows the desired blueprint and logical connections of the hardware and software in the network design. Part A shows a skeletal blueprint of the old system, Part B shows a blueprint of the old server room, Part C shows a blueprint of the new system (which consists of many devices and connections), and Part D shows the new server room. This project is significant because it afforded me the opportunity to take an existing network using older technology and devices, and upgrade the network to a new network.      
Microsoft Office Visio 2007 More
Microsoft Office Visio 2007

IT 301_Project Management Projects

This is the IT 301: Project Management Unit 10 (final)  project. The Unit 10 Audit Summary Project is most significant because it introduced the use of Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, the principles practiced from the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), and the use of good/best practices implemented More

This is the IT 301: Project Management Unit 10 (final)  project. The Unit 10 Audit Summary Project is most significant because it introduced the use of Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, the principles practiced from the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), and the use of good/best practices implemented in a project from the executive summary through the construction plan. Moreover, a quality audit must be structured to meet the need of a businesse's desired result, and an audit also exposes the shortcomings of a project. Further, the time tested standard for starting and completing a project is the principles practiced from the PMBOK. This project consist of 3 parts: a word document summary report of the audit, a Microsoft Office Excel Project Management Plan Audit Guide, and a Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 Gantt Chart and Network Design Progression Chart.         

File Name Description Requirements Action
Audit Summary Report and Planned Audit Guide This file is the IT 301: Project More
This file is the IT 301: Project Management Unit 10 (final) Audit Summary Report and Project Management Plan Audit Guide for the Gauchito Project. The overall project purpose is to build a functional model rocket at 7/8 the size of the actual model to be tested by the company before they actually build the full-size rocket. The Audit Summary Report list the good/best practices implemented in the Gauchito project, and the Planned Audit Guide contains all functions from the Project Charter through the Procurement Management based on the PMBOK.    
 Microsoft Office Word 2007 and Microsoft Office Excel 2007.  More
Microsoft Office Word 2007 and Microsoft Office Excel 2007. 
Gantt and Network Design Charts This file is the IT 301: More
This file is the IT 301: Project Management Unit 10 (final) Gantt and Network Chart portion of the project. The Gantt Chart and Network Diagram was created using Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, and is significant because it displays the start and expected end dates of the project. The Gantt Chart shows the duration, predecessors, resource names, and start and end dates. The Network Diagram view displays the specific start and end dates based on the work breakdown structure (WBS), and what is also embedded in the charts are minor and major milestones which are important once a project is underway.       
 Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 More
Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007

IT 320_Operating Systems Concepts Projects

This is the IT 320: Operating Systems Concept Unit 3 and Unit 10 (final) projects. The Unit 3: Linux Distribution Experience project consist of information about features using 3 different Linux operating systems, and the Unit 10: Wrapping Up project consist of the overall use of Windows, Mac, and More

This is the IT 320: Operating Systems Concept Unit 3 and Unit 10 (final) projects. The Unit 3: Linux Distribution Experience project consist of information about features using 3 different Linux operating systems, and the Unit 10: Wrapping Up project consist of the overall use of Windows, Mac, and Linux Operating Systems.   

File Name Description Requirements Action
Linux Distribution Experience This file is the IT 320: Operating More
This file is the IT 320: Operating Systems Concepts Unit 3: The Linux Distribution project that makes mention of some of the system requirements, features, applications, and utilities of Linux OpenSuse, Fedora Core, and Xandros. This project created using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 is significant because it displays Linux as an alternative to Windows.    
Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2007 More
Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2007
Wrapping Up This file is the IT 320: More
This file is the IT 320: Operating Systems Concepts Unit 10 (final): Wrapping Up project that makes mention of how an operating system: controls resources, manages the CPU, interacts with the software, administrates scheduling, monitors performance logs, detect errors, aid in the provision of security, and more....  
Microsoft Office Word 2007 More
Microsoft Office Word 2007

IT 388_Routing and Switching 1 Projects

This is IT 388: Routing and Switching 1 Unit 10 (final) project. This project is significant because it intorduced Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Virtual Lab, Titanium Edition 2.0 which afforded me the ability to: design, build and configure (with More

This is IT 388: Routing and Switching 1 Unit 10 (final) project. This project is significant because it intorduced Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Virtual Lab, Titanium Edition 2.0 which afforded me the ability to: design, build and configure (with drag and drop design), test, and preview any kind of network and environment I wanted! This software grants a hands-on learning component that mimics routing and switching networking practices currently practiced in industry today.    

 

File Name Description Requirements Action
Routing and Switching 1_Unit 10 Final This file is the IT 388: More
This file is the IT 388: Routing and Switching 1 Unit 10 (final). The fianl consists of: designing an addressing scheme (based on clients specifications) using variable length subnet masking, using Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) as the routing protocol, and providing clocking for the serial (WAN) connections. In this project, I used Cisco Certified Network Associates Virtual Lab, Titanium Edition 2.0 which uses the Cisco IOS command line interface for all router and switch configurations. This project is significant because it used the same Cisco IOS command line interface used in industry today. 
Microsoft Office Word 2007 and (Optional) Cisco More
Microsoft Office Word 2007 and (Optional) Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA Virtual Lab, Titanium Edition 2.0 software) 

IT 471_Routing and Switching 2 Projects

This is IT 471: Routing and Switching 2 Unit 10 (final) project which consists of 2 parts. The first part is the writing assignment portion of the project, and the second part of the project is the actual network design. This project is significant because More

This is IT 471: Routing and Switching 2 Unit 10 (final) project which consists of 2 parts. The first part is the writing assignment portion of the project, and the second part of the project is the actual network design. This project is significant because it used advanced features of the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Virtual Lab, Titanium Edition 2.0 to complete the project and this consisted of: Cisco routers, switches, an Internet Service Provider (ISP), an IP addressing scheme (classful and classless), VLANs, and access control lists (ACLs) for security.    

File Name Description Requirements Action
Network Design Writing Assignment Unit 10 Final This file is the IT 471: More
This file is the IT 471: Routing and Switching 2 Unit 10 (final). This file is the first part of the project consisting of a writing assignment that timelines the lessons learned in each unit of the course. This project is significant because it highlights the advanced topics of routing and switching discussed throughout the whole term.     
Microsoft Office Word 2007 More
Microsoft Office Word 2007
Network Design 2 This file is the IT 471: More
This file is the IT 471: Routing and Switching 2 Unit 10 (final). This file is the second part of the project consisting of the actual network design created using the CCNA Virtual Lab simulation. This portion of the project is significant because it highlights the advanced topics of routing and switching discussed throughout the term, and it also is the focal point of the course because the objective is to be able to design a network that meets a particular desired set of requirements.
Microsft Office Word 2007 or Cisco More
Microsft Office Word 2007 or Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Virtual Lab, Titanium Edition 2.0 version 2.0.3 software.  

IT 460_Systems Analysis and Design Project

This is IT 460: Systems Analysis and Design Unit 10 (final) project. This project is significant because it involves analyzing the business case, managing the project, data and process modeling, development strategies, output and user interface design, data design, system architecture, system implementation, More

This is IT 460: Systems Analysis and Design Unit 10 (final) project. This project is significant because it involves analyzing the business case, managing the project, data and process modeling, development strategies, output and user interface design, data design, system architecture, system implementation, system support, and system security.   

File Name Description Requirements Action
TIMS Project This file is IT 460: System More
This file is IT 460: System Analysis and Design Unit 10 (final) Training Information Management System (TIMS) project. This file/project is significant because it showed me how to design a system using System Analysis and Design. What it involved is a architecture, detailed description, security, context diagram, 0 and 1 data flow diagram, entity relationship diagram (ERD), structured chart, development testing plan, testing plan implementation, scalability, and capacity planning.
Microsoft Office Word 2007 More
Microsoft Office Word 2007

IT 482_Network Design Projects

This is IT 482: Network Design Unit 8 and Unit 10 projects. These projects are significant because both use OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition software that provides hands-on experiments based on networking simulation for teaching the key computer networking topics to More

This is IT 482: Network Design Unit 8 and Unit 10 projects. These projects are significant because both use OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition software that provides hands-on experiments based on networking simulation for teaching the key computer networking topics to students and professionals. Furthermore, these projects are significant because they use a network design methodology that focuses primarily on 3 processes: analysis, architecture, and design. Lightly defining the 3 processes: network analysis focuses on learning what users, applications, and devices need from the network, network architecture focuses on what topology and technology to select for the network based on the network analysis results, and network design focuses on providing physical detail to the architecture, and network design is the target of the work, the culmination of network analysis and network architecture processes. Moreover, the Unit 8 and Unit 10 projects highlight the objective of network analysis, architecture, and design which is to produce network designs that are logical, reproducible, and defensible.   

File Name Description Requirements Action
Design Process_Firewalls_VPNs This file is IT 482: Network More
This file is IT 482: Network Design Unit 8 Design Process_Firewalls and VPNs project. This project is significant for multiple reasons: first it hints on how to progressively reach the design stage of network design, and it uses OPNET IT Guru software to simulate a hands-on environment that models network performance under a specified set of requirements. In this particular project firewalls and VPNs are the focal point, and the lab exposes network characteristics when no firewall, a firewall, and a VPN is configured in the network.
Microsoft Office Word 2007 More
Microsoft Office Word 2007
Network Simulations_Bandwidth Delay_SNMP This file is IT 482: Network More
This file is IT 482: Network Design Unit 10 final Network Simulations, Bandwidth Delay, and SNMP project. This project is significant because it compares network simulation tools to show what they have to offer to network analysis, architecture, and design. Moreover, this project showed me how to calculate bandwidth delay, TCP packing buffer size for maximum throughput, and the significance of simple network management protocol (SNMP) for centralized network management on a network. 
Microsoft Office Word 2007 More
Microsoft Office Word 2007

IT 484_Networking Security Projects

This is IT 484: Networking Security Unit 2 and Unit 10 (final) projects. These projects are significant because they delve into how to defend network assets by evaluating threats and vulnerabilities and implementing appropriate countermeasures. The projects are multidimensional, in the More

This is IT 484: Networking Security Unit 2 and Unit 10 (final) projects. These projects are significant because they delve into how to defend network assets by evaluating threats and vulnerabilities and implementing appropriate countermeasures. The projects are multidimensional, in the sense that they involve analysis and discussion of technical security topics, culmination of weekly assignments on specific networking security subjects, and combine four major hands-on security projects.

File Name Description Requirements Action
Installing a VPN Server in Windows 2003_2008 This file is IT 484: Networking More
This file is IT 484: Networking Security Unit 10 (final) Installing a Virtual Private Network Server in Windows Server 2003/2008 project. This project is significant because it showed me how to connect a virtual private network (VPN) by way of a public network. What this project ultimately showed me is the technology used to connect to remote networks (members on my team) using the Internet while maintaining secure communications. Moreover, this connection was accomplished by using Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) in Windows Server 2003/2008.   
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Microsoft Office Word 2007
What is Information Security This file is IT 484: Networking More
This file is IT 484: Networking Security Unit 2 What Is Information Security & Types of Attacks project. This project is significant because it describes most of the information security mechanisms used to secure a network. Furthermore, this project is important because it makes mention of the fact that information security is a process and not a combination of products.    
Microsoft Office Word 2007 More
Microsoft Office Word 2007

IT 499_Bachelor Capstone in IT Project

This is IT 499: Bachelor Capstone in IT Unit 8 and Unit 10 (final) projects. These projects are significant because they required the use of all the IT principles instructed throughout the whole Information Technology degree plan. Morover, these projects represent a combination of Project Management, Network More

This is IT 499: Bachelor Capstone in IT Unit 8 and Unit 10 (final) projects. These projects are significant because they required the use of all the IT principles instructed throughout the whole Information Technology degree plan. Morover, these projects represent a combination of Project Management, Network Design, Networking Security, Systems Analysis and Design, Routing and Switching, and Networking Administration.    

File Name Description Requirements Action
Lodge Elementary System Design and Spec Report This file is IT 499: Bachelor Capstone More
This file is IT 499: Bachelor Capstone in Information Technology Unit 10 (final) System Design and Specification Report project. This report is significant because it provides the Design Implementation Plans, Project Background, Project Goals, Risk Assessment/Security Management, Key Individuals with Authority, Security Policies, Security Items, Budget, Project Timeline, Miscellaneous Items, and Computer Specifications. Ultimately, this project was the project of all projects for me because it met the technological needs of an academic institution, and it encompassed everything (for the most part) I ever learned on my Information Technology Network Administration academic journey.          
Microsoft Office Word 2007 More
Microsoft Office Word 2007
System Specifications This file is IT 499: Bachelor More
This file is IT 499: Bachelor Capstone in Information Technology Unit 8 System Specifications project. This project is significant because it is a network design from beginning-to-end, and this particular portion of the project is important because the system specifications information drives the finalization of the project and reports progress to date of the project. More importantly, this information provides any changes that have taken place from the original system requirement specifications and a revised timeline with dates for the remaining development and deliverables.  
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 More
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007