Unit1 - Individual Project Due on 03/29/2014 A company wants to create 4 separate offices across the globe. The managers want to be able to connect these offices over the Internet, and they want to make sure that each network is available to each other. That is, they want the routing information of all 4 networks to be available at each site so that any employee can go to any site and work from it, but they are worried about passing traffic over the Internet and how to monitor the traffic for security and compliance reasons. Please answer the following questions and requirements to write your 3–5 page paper. As you answer each question, you must provide support or evidence that will enhance and empirically prove your answers. Academic IT articles or real-life IT findings that are not found in journals or other academic sources must be used in supporting your answers. Please use APA style for all cited sources, including your reference page. · Discuss the latest implementations of routing protocols that would be used in the company's wide area network and the Internet. · Where is each protocol used in a wide area network (WAN)? How does each protocol work in a WAN? · How would the routers help in monitoring passing traffic over the networks and Internet under safe and secure conditions? Provide examples of how it would be done and why it would be done in this fashion. · If you were able to recommend another way to build this network from the idea and requirements of the company, what would be your recommendation? Why would you recommend this alternative? Be sure to reference all sources using APA style. This assignment will also be assessed using additional criteria provided here. Please submit your assignment. Unit2 - Individual Project due on 4/5/2014 Discuss the importance of using a routing protocol and explain general functionality. Router Information Protocol (RIP) is a distance-vector routing protocol than can be used by a router to send data from one network to another. What are the demerits of distance vector routing protocols in general?  Assignment Guidelines: · Using the course materials, the textbook, and Web resources research distance-vector routing protocols, with a high concentration on the versions of Router Information Protocol (RIP). · Use the following questions to help you format your research paper: What is the purpose of a routing protocol? What is a distance-vector routing protocol? What are the advantages and disadvantages of distance-vector protocols? What is RIP? What are the two versions of RIP, and what are their specific purposes? What are the limitations of RIP? · Compile your responses to the above questions in a 4–7 page word document. Your submitted assignment (125 points) must include the following: · A 4–7 page, double-spaced Microsoft Word document, excluding title page and reference section. All references should be in APA format. You may find using section headings and bullets make the paper mo ...

1. Unit1 - Individual Project Due on 03/29/2014
A company wants to create 4 separate offices across the globe.
The managers want to be able to connect these offices over the
Internet, and they want to make sure that each network is
available to each other. That is, they want the routing
information of all 4 networks to be available at each site so that
any employee can go to any site and work from it, but they are
worried about passing traffic over the Internet and how to
monitor the traffic for security and compliance reasons.
Please answer the following questions and requirements to write
your 3–5 page paper. As you answer each question, you must
provide support or evidence that will enhance and empirically
prove your answers. Academic IT articles or real-life IT
findings that are not found in journals or other academic
sources must be used in supporting your answers. Please use
APA style for all cited sources, including your reference page.
· Discuss the latest implementations of routing protocols that
would be used in the company's wide area network and the
Internet.
· Where is each protocol used in a wide area network (WAN)?
How does each protocol work in a WAN?
· How would the routers help in monitoring passing traffic over
the networks and Internet under safe and secure
conditions? Provide examples of how it would be done and why
it would be done in this fashion.
· If you were able to recommend another way to build this
network from the idea and requirements of the company, what
would be your recommendation? Why would you recommend
this alternative?
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.
This assignment will also be assessed using additional criteria
provided here.
Please submit your assignment.

2. Unit2 - Individual Project due on 4/5/2014
Discuss the importance of using a routing protocol and explain
general functionality. Router Information Protocol (RIP) is a
distance-vector routing protocol than can be used by a router to
send data from one network to another. What are the demerits of
distance vector routing protocols in general?
Assignment Guidelines:
· Using the course materials, the textbook, and Web resources
research distance-vector routing protocols, with a high
concentration on the versions of Router Information Protocol
(RIP).
· Use the following questions to help you format your research
paper:
What is the purpose of a routing protocol?
What is a distance-vector routing protocol?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of distance-vector
protocols?
What is RIP?
What are the two versions of RIP, and what are their specific
purposes?
What are the limitations of RIP?
· Compile your responses to the above questions in a 4–7 page
word document.
Your submitted assignment (125 points) must include the
following:
· A 4–7 page, double-spaced Microsoft Word document,
excluding title page and reference section. All references should
be in APA format. You may find using section headings and
bullets make the paper more readable.
Grading:
You will be graded on the accuracy of your answers and the
thoroughness of your RIP, RIPv1, RIPv2, and distance-vector
routing protocol descriptions.
Please submit your assignment.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web
resources, and all course materials.

3. Unit3 - Individual Project due on 4/11/2014
Your organization opened seven new branch offices in five
states. Each branch office has five floors. All the branch offices
use the same Internet domain name. The organization has
approximately 25 servers and anticipates that an additional 30
servers should be purchased. The organization is planning to
provide network services for about 5,000 users. All users
require access to the Internet. Certain resources such as printing
and file sharing will be centralized. Members of your group
should do the following:
Group Project Guidelines:
· Using the scenario and assignment information in the
Assignment Description, discuss with your group how you
should divide the tasks evenly among the members.
· Perform the following tasks:
Estimate the quantity of connectivity (routers, switches, etc)
devices that will be needed to link all the branches.
Provide your rationale for choosing the quantity of each device.
Estimate the number of DNS servers and the type of DNS server
that will be installed in each branch.
Recommend the connectivity and bandwidth for each branch and
provide your reasoning behind the recommendation.
Using Microsoft Visio, provide a network design (a diagram or
diagrams) that shows interconnectivity among the branches.
· Compile your final group estimations, recommendations, and
diagrams into an 8–15 page Word document.
Your submitted Group Project (200 points) must include the
following:
· Your assignment will be 8–15 pages, double-spaced Microsoft
Word document, excluding title page and reference section. All
references should be in APA format. You may find using
section headings and bullets make the paper more readable.

4. Please be sure that your assignment adheres to Assignment
Guidelines listed above.
Grading:
You will be graded on the development of your reasoning
behind your equipment quantity estimations, the thoroughness
of your DNS server recommendation, and the accuracy of your
group's diagrams.
Please add your file.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web
resources, and all course materials.
Unit4 - Individual Project Due date 04/17/2014
Please answer the following questions and requirements to write
your 3–5 page paper. As you answer each question, you must
provide support or evidence that will enhance and empirically
prove your answers. Academic IT articles or real-life IT
findings that are not found in journals or other academic
sources must be used in supporting your answers. Please use
APA style for all cited sources, including your reference page.
The following is a case study about a design company.
· You are a senior network administrator for a networking
solutions firm. Years ago, you installed a small LAN at a design
company. It is growing fast and needs your networking
solutions firm to upgrade its network. You assigned Liz to the
job. That afternoon, while preparing to work on a lab
assignment from her class in Cisco routing, Liz mentions that
she would use a router to increase the performance of the design
company's network because routers are better than bridges.
Explain to Liz when and where a router would be the best
choice. Under what circumstances would a router not be the best
choice? Provide examples to clarify your points.
· Another technician, Janis, overhears the discussion as she sits
down to examine the lab materials on Liz's desk. Janis thinks
the design company should use a bridge to solve the problem.

5. She reminds you that the design company has a relatively small
network and that a router would be more equipment than
necessary. The design company's network is using nonroutable
protocols. What do you tell Janis? Provide examples in your
explanation and recommendations.
· Luke also takes classes in Cisco routing, and he enjoys the
hands-on exercises in his class. As he reviews his notes for that
night's class, he is unsure of the concept of routing tables.
Explain to Luke what kind of information is kept in a router's
routing table and what it is used for. What 2 methods can be
used to build these tables? Provide examples in your
explanation to clarify and accentuate your explanation.
Be sure to cite all references using APA style.
Unit5 - Individual Project Due date 04/24/2014
The OSI Layer 3 (Network Layer) is one of the layers that
perform packet segmentation. The OSI Layer 3 is roughly
equivalent to the Internet Layer of the TCP/IP model and the
Layer 4 (Transport Layer) of the OSI model is roughly
equivalent to the Host-to-Host layer of the TCP/IP model. The
above two layers perform network segmentation. Based on the
above information, answer the following questions.
(a) Describe in detail how packets are segmented by the Host-
to-host layer (Transport Layer) Internet Layer of the TCP/IP
model.
(b) Do all packets arrive at their destination in the order in
which they were segmented and transmitted? Why or why not?
(c) Describe how segmented packets are re-arranged or
reassembled at the packets’ destination to ensure that received
segmented packets match the order in which they were
segmented and transmitted.
(d) How are errors handled during transmission of segmented
packets?

6. (e) What's the difference between a TCP segment and a TCP
packet?
Please answer the following questions and requirements to write
your paper of 4–5 pages. As you answer each question, you
must provide support or evidence that will enhance and
empirically prove your answers. Academic IT articles or real-
life IT findings that are not found in journals or other academic
sources must be used in supporting your answers. Please use
APA style for all cited sources, including your reference page.
Please include the following elements in your paper of 4–5
pages:
· A title page
· A report that includes the following:
· An introduction to the contents of the report
· Detailed explanations about the items listed regarding network
segmentation, error handling, TCP segments and TCP packets.
Please cite your references in APA format.
Unit1 - Individual Project
close
Your first task is to download and install SQL Server 2008,
Express Edition. Once that is installed, set up the Northwind
database, which will be used throughout the class.
Complete the following tasks:
· Download and install SQL Server 2008, Express Edition.
· Refer to Appendix A of the textbook.
· Open and run the attached script to create the Northwind
database.
· To download the script, click here.
· Create the following tables in the Northwind database:
· Regions table
· Column Name
· Datatype
· Primary Key (Y/N)

7. · Nullable (Y/N)
· RegionID
· Integer
· Y
· N
· RegionDescription
· Character (50)
· N
· N
· Departments table
· Column Name
· Datatype
· Primary Key (Y/N)
· Nullable (Y/N)
· DepartmentID
· Integer
· Y
· N
· DepartmentDescription
· Character (50)
· N
· N
· Insert the following data into the 2 tables:
· Regions table
· 1
· Eastern
· 2
· Western
· 3
· Northern
· 4
· Southern
· Departments table
· 10
· CEO
· 20

8. · Sales
· 30
· Marketing
· Alter the Employees table, and add a column:
· Employees table
· Column Name
· Datatype
· Primary Key (Y/N)
· Nullable (Y/N)
· DepartmentID
· Integer
· N
· Y
· Alter the Employee table to establish a foreign key between
Employees and Departments.
· Employees.DepartmentID references
Departments.DepartmentID
· Alter the Territories table to establish a foreign key between
Territories and Regions.
· Territories.RegionID references Regions.RegionID
· Update the data in the Employees table so that employees with
the following managers are listed as working in the following
departments:
· ReportsTo
· Department
· Andrew Fuller
· Sales
· Steven Buchanan
· Marketing
· All Others
· CEO
Submit the SQL, DDL, and DML scripts needed to complete
tasks 2–8 and a database diagram of the final database.
Unit2 - Individual Project

9. Using the Northwind database, write a SQL SELECT statement
that will retrieve the data for the following questions:
· Display the character constant 'Greeting' with a column
heading of 'Hello.'
· 1 row returned.
· Display all data from the categories tables without specifying
the names of the table columns. Order the results by
CategoryName.
· 8 rows returned.
· Display all employees' names, last name first, and then first
name, hire date and home phone number. Order the results by
employee name, last name first, and then first name.
· 9 rows returned.
· Modify query 3 so that the column headings are as follows:
'Last Name,' 'First Name,' 'Date of Hire,' and 'Home Phone
Number.'
· 9 rows returned.
· Display the product name and quantity per unit, units in stock,
and unit price for all products that have a unit price greater than
$50. Order the results by unit price in descending order.
· 7 rows returned
· Display the Name of all U.S.-based suppliers. Order the
results by Name in ascending order.
· 4 rows returned.
· Display the Order Id, ShipName, Order Date, and Freight of
all orders that have a freight >/= 50 and </= 100; a ship country
of Austria, Brazil, or France; and a Ship City that starts with an
'S.' Use, BETWEEN, IN, and LIKE for the WHERE clause
conditions. Order the results by ShipName in ascending order.
· 13 rows returned.
· Rewrite query 7 to remove the use of BETWEEN and IN, and
replace with the equivalent use of =, <, >, </=, >/= and AND
and OR expressions.
· 13 rows returned.
· Select the Employee's First Name, concatenated to the Last

10. name, separated by a space. Call the column 'Employee Name,'
the length of this employee name Length, the location of
the first 'a' in the name 'A Location,' and the 5–9 characters
from the name 'Substring.' Order the results by the Employee
Name using the alias.
· 9 rows returned.
· For each customer, show the number of orders placed, and the
largest, smallest and total freight ordered. Only show those
customers who have placed more than 15 orders.
9 rows returned.
Unit3 - Individual Project
Write SQL statements that will retrieve the following data from
a database, using Subqueries and Joins. Using the Northwind
database, write a SQL SELECT statement that will retrieve the
data for the following questions:
· For each order, display the Company Name, City, and the
Country for the customer who placed the order.
· Include the Order Date and the Required Date. Order the
results by Company Name in ascending order.
· 830 rows returned.
· For each order, list the OrderID, Orderdate, Product Name,
UnitPrice, Quantity Ordered, and Total Cost. Label the column
'Product Cost.'
· For each product (including the discount), only show those
orders that were placed in March of 1997.
· Sort the data by the OrderID, then the Product Name.
· 77 rows returned.
· For each order, display the OrderID, ShipName, and the
Employee First and Last Name.
· Order the results by Employee Last Name in descending order,
then by Employee First Name in ascending Order, then by
OrderID in ascending order.

11. · 830 rows returned.
· Modify the first query to list the orders with customer details,
but include all customers even if they have not placed an order.
· 832 rows returned.
· List all customers (include CustomerId and Company
Name) who have placed less than 5 orders.
· Include those customers who have placed 0 orders. Name the
count field "OrderCount."
· Order by number of placed orders in reverse order.
· 18 rows returned.
· Display the ProductName, and UnitPrice of all products that
have a unit price larger than Tarte au Sucre.
· Order the results by UnitPrice in descending order.
· 7 rows returned.
· Display the Customer Name of all customers who have placed
orders in 1996.
· Order the results by Company Name in ascending order.
· 67 rows returned.
· Display the OrderID of all orders that where placed after all
orders placed by Bottom-Dollar Markets.
· Order the result by OrderID in ascending order.
· 28 rows returned.
· List the Company Name of all U.S.-based customers who are
NOT located in the same state (or region) as any of the
employees.
· Order the results by Company Name.
· 10 rows returned.
· Display the Product Names of all products that were placed by
customers in CA.
· Order the result by Product Name in ascending order.
· Eliminate duplicate rows in the results.
10 Rows Returned.
Unit4 - Individual Project

12. You are hired by Northwind as a Database administrator. You
are required to integrate some Database script solutions into
their existing database (Northwind) to modify data from within
the database.
Using the Northwind database, write a SQL DML statement that
will modify the data. Base it on the following requirements:
· Using the Northwind database, write a script to insert the
following data:
· 1 new Category
· Category Name = Fast Food
· Category Description = Quick and Easy Meals
· Provide a SELECT statement to show that the data was
inserted.
· Add the following products for your new Fast-Food category.
· Product Name = French Fries
· Supplier Name = Ma Maison
· Category Name = Fast Food
· QuantityPerUnit = 20 Sticks
· UnitPrice = 4.99
· UnitsInStock = 10
· UnitsOnOrder = 25
· ReorderLevel = 10
· Disabled = 0
· Product Name = Hamburger
· Supplier Name = Grandma Kelly's Homestead
· Category Name = Fast Food
· QuantityPerUnit = 1 Patty
· Unit Price 6.99
· UnitsInStock = 0
· UnitsOnOrder = 50
· ReorderLevel = 5
· Disabled = 0
· Provide a SELECT statement to show that the data was
inserted.

13. · In an attempt to liquidate some products, provide a script to
set all products in the Confections category that have more than
50 units in stock to a price of $10, and disable them.
· 2 records should be affected.
· Change the discount in the Order Details table on all orders of
products of an ordered quantity of more than 50 to that of the
largest discount ever given on any product.
· 159 records should be affected
· You have decided against the new Fast-Food category. Provide
a SQL statement to delete the Fast-Food category as well as any
products assigned to that category.
This assignment will also be assessed using additional criteria
provided here.
Unit5 - Individual Project
As you approach the end of the class, you have seen how a
database can be set up and accessed. Next, you will look at
various applications that could utilize a database. Choose 1 of
the database applications or implementations below:
· Knowledge management
· Data warehousing
· Data mining
· Digital libraries
· Object-oriented databases
Write a paper that describes the topic in detail. Include a
discussion on the following subject areas:

14. · History or background
· Database and DBMS requirements
· Database or schema object considerations and design
implications
· Considerations to integrate the database application into an
existing system
Real-world examples of an implementation