ISSC340 Week1Assignment

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ISSC340 Week 1 Assignment (3% of Grade) APUS/Kageorgis

Lesson 1 Review: Overview of Local Area Networks
The purpose of this activity is to reinforce what you have learned so far about local area networks technologies.

1. What are the main architectural components of a LAN? (Minimum word count: 60)
The architectural components of a LAN are utilized to describe to network. They include the network's physical topology, how the nodes access it. The transmission technique and whether it is wired or wireless. Other factors are the protocols utilized to talk over the network and whether it shares information with other networks. As far as physical components go you have to look at switches, routers, servers, and clients. Other items are added to these depending on the size of the network in question.
2. Describe the function and characteristics of a network operating system (NOS). (Minimum word count: 100)
A network operating system is a piece of software that is utilized to manage the network resources available to the clients on your network. As a central point of management you have the ability to create and manage user accounts, security templates(group policy), allow users and systems access to file servers and printers, and control any information that is requested from outside your network. Proper utilization and configuration of your network operating system is essential for the security of your network. From the server you can place rules on each of your clients to limit the resources they have access to, while determining how much freedom they will enjoy on their systems.
3. Match each term below with the correct definition.

Answer: 1 - _C 2 - _E 3 - _D 4 - _A 5 - _B