This document provides information about an instructor for the PACE-IT program at Edmonds Community College. It outlines the instructor's areas of expertise including PC hardware, network administration, and IT project management. It also lists the instructor's qualifications such as an MBA in IT management and a BS in IT security. The document continues by covering various topics related to client-side network setup including home, work, and public network settings, firewall settings, and network card properties.

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Instructor, PACE-IT Program – Edmonds Community College
Areas of Expertise Industry Certifications
 PC Hardware
 Network Administration
 IT Project Management
 Network Design
 User Training
 IT Troubleshooting
Qualifications Summary
Education
 M.B.A., IT Management, Western Governor’s University
 B.S., IT Security, Western Governor’s University
Entrepreneur, executive leader, and proven manger
with 10+ years of experience turning complex issues
into efficient and effective solutions.
Strengths include developing and mentoring diverse
workforces, improving processes, analyzing
business needs and creating the solutions
required— with a focus on technology.

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– Home, Work, or Public network settings.
– Firewall settings.
– Alternate IP addressing.
– Network card properties.
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– Home networks.
» Windows Firewall classifies Home networks as private.
» Network discovery is turned on by default (the PC is
visible to other PCs on the network).
» HomeGroups can be created and joined.
– Work networks.
» Windows Firewall classifies Work networks as private.
» Network discovery is turned on by default.
» HomeGroups cannot be created or joined.
– Public networks.
» Windows Firewall classifies Public networks as public.
» Network discovery is turned off by default.
» Harder to be seen and to see other network devices.
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General.
Turn the firewall on or
off.
The firewall is turned on or off from
this tab. The firewall may be turned
on and exceptions turned to off for
additional security.
Exceptions.
Allow specific traffic to
reach the PC.
There are five predefined exception
rules that can be enabled or
disabled. Programs and ports can
be exceptions.
Advanced.
More than just the
basics.
Two network interface cards? Not a
problem. The advanced tab also
allows for logging. ICMP response is
turned off by default; it can be turned
on here.
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– Firewall basic configuration.
» The home page allows the user to see basic information.
» The Turn Windows Firewall on or off link provides
some control over firewall behavior.
» The Allow a program or feature through Windows
Firewall link provides basic control over some
exceptions.
– Windows Firewall with Advanced
Security.
» Much more than the basic firewall.
» Rules can be created for both inbound and outbound
traffic.
» Rules can be configured by IP address, Network IDs,
ports, protocols, and applications as well as by other
parameters.
» Rules can be network profile based—Private or Public.
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A useful tool for the mobile
network user when DHCP
(Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol) is
not available.
If a mobile user travels between locations and one
does not use DHCP, then, when the mobile device
doesn’t receive the DHCP response, it will
automatically use the pre-defined user settings. In
order to set this properly, the IP address, subnet
mask, DNS (Domain Name System) address, and
default gateway address must be known.
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– Duplex.
» Half duplex = send or receive, but only one at a time.
» Full duplex = send and receive at the same time.
– Speed.
» Usually determined by bits per second (bps) which is
vastly different than bytes per second (Bps) by an order
of magnitude of eight.
– Wake-on-LAN.
» Some NICs are capable of turning the PC on when it
receives a signal on the network. It listens for the signal,
even when the PC is off.
– QoS (quality of service).
» The ability to give priority to certain network traffic in
order to improve performance of a given application or
service. QoS is often utilized in situations where voice
over IP (VoIP) is used.
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Network discovery is either turned on or off depending on the profile. The
ability to create and join HomeGroups is also determined by the profile.
Topic
Home, Work, or Public
network settings.
Summary
It can be on or off and exceptions are either allowed or not allowed. The
advanced security feature allows for a high level of control into and out of a
PC.
Firewall settings.
This is a useful tool for when a mobile user travels on a regular basis to a
network that doesn’t utilize DHCP.Alternative IP addressing.
Network card properties.
Modern NICs default to full duplex. The speed is measured in bps. Some
NICs can use the Wake-on-LAN feature. Consider QoS with VoIP.

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