MIS 589 Week 5 Discussion Questions
Week 5: WIDE AREA NETWORKS 1. Cookies Are Us (minicase): Cookies Are Us runs a series of 100 cookie stores across the Midwestern United States and central Canada. At the end of each day, the store sends sales and inventory data to headquarters, which uses the data to headquarters and uses the data to ship new inventory and plan a marketing campaign. The company has decided to move to a new WAN. As a consultant, what kind of WAN architecture would you recommend, and why would you recommend it? What kind of WAN services would you recommend? Would you consider scalability and availability of the network services as the most important priority for this company? 2. Great posting! What are full duplex circuits? 3. What was the inventor of SD-WAN? 4. This posting brings up the idea of frame relay. How is frame relay different from traditional networks? 5. Please attempt to make the initial reply on or before Wednesday of each week. What are the distance limitations for Star topology? Week 5b: THE INTERNET 1. Explain one reason why you might experience long response times in getting a web page from a server in your own city? How would you check the Internet connection speed from your computer? 2. The posting stated, "Webpage also has many dynamic contents which would make server response slow". What technology can be used to increase the speed of dynamic pages? 3. The posting stated, "These current times" you might be working from home and have your VPN connected". What are the three most common type of home network services? 4. What is the difference between a GIF and a photo? 5. Great posting mentioning a host of possibilities. What is an OE converter?
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