Week 8 : Networks
Class Activity: Task 1: Group Work Presentation
Group 1: https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/01/gitlab-suffers-major-backup-failure-after-data-deletion-incident/
Group 2: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/02/01/hackers-steal-25-million-playstation-xbox-players-details-major/
Group 3: www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-25/turning-router-off-and-on-could-have-prevented-census-outage/7963916
What each group will provide at the end of 15 mins:
A mini presentation/talk about their article.
Guiding Questions:
1) What is the article about?
2) What are the major risks discussed within this article?
3) Can you suggest what might be a possible solution to eliminate or reduce this risk? Or are there any preventative measures that could have been taken?
4) What might be some legal or ethical concerns?
5) What hardware or software has been mentioned in the article.
Over the course of these few weeks we will be looking at Networks and some of the topics touched upon above.
Vocabulary Practice:
Quizlet for Vocabulary Practice: https://quizlet.com/_22lyjp
Introduction to Networks
Individual Activity 1: [Must be submitted]
Open the document below that contains questions:
network_intro_questions.docx |
You will need to answer the following questions and submit your answers either in your books or via schol.
Module One:
1) What is a network?
2) What is the purpose of a network? Identify 4 purposes.
3) What does LAN stand for? A what is a LAN?
4) What documentation is provided to design networks? What tool can be used?
5) What devices make up a LAN? Identify all.
6) List 3 Central Connecting Devices.
7) What is a Host?
8) What is an IP address?
9) What is the difference between a hub, a switch and a router?
Hub:
Switch:
Router:
10) What is a Network Interface Card (NIC) and it's function?
11) What is the physical difference between a wired and wireless adapter or network interface card?
12) What is an Ethernet cable made from?
13) What does an Ethernet cable connect to? How do they transfer data?
14) What is a wireless access point?
15) What measurement do we use to refer to the speed of data or data transfer rate?
16) What is a WLAN stand for?
17) What is a WLAN?
Module Two:
1) What does a Network Topology reference?
2) What are the four different types of Network Typologies?
3) Which is the most common type of Typology used?
4) What does fault tolerance mean?
5) Explain a Client-Server.
6) What is a server?
7) Give an example of a Client.
8) Explain a Peer-To-Peer.
Additional:
Find an example online of an image of the following Network Typologies:
Bus
Star
Ring
Mesh
Module One:
1) What is a network?
2) What is the purpose of a network? Identify 4 purposes.
3) What does LAN stand for? A what is a LAN?
4) What documentation is provided to design networks? What tool can be used?
5) What devices make up a LAN? Identify all.
6) List 3 Central Connecting Devices.
7) What is a Host?
8) What is an IP address?
9) What is the difference between a hub, a switch and a router?
Hub:
Switch:
Router:
10) What is a Network Interface Card (NIC) and it's function?
11) What is the physical difference between a wired and wireless adapter or network interface card?
12) What is an Ethernet cable made from?
13) What does an Ethernet cable connect to? How do they transfer data?
14) What is a wireless access point?
15) What measurement do we use to refer to the speed of data or data transfer rate?
16) What is a WLAN stand for?
17) What is a WLAN?
Module Two:
1) What does a Network Topology reference?
2) What are the four different types of Network Typologies?
3) Which is the most common type of Typology used?
4) What does fault tolerance mean?
5) Explain a Client-Server.
6) What is a server?
7) Give an example of a Client.
8) Explain a Peer-To-Peer.
Additional:
Find an example online of an image of the following Network Typologies:
Bus
Star
Ring
Mesh