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Seatwork + Class Discussion + Group Activity

Week 12

November 21, 2024

1. Explain the following wireless device and discuss how to properly choose each device.

Wireless Router

The purpose of a wireless router is to transfer data wirelessly from one location to another. The router is used to secure networks and to connect different devices to the Internet. Wireless routers connect to a LAN, or local area network, without the need of Ethernet cords.

Wireless AP

A wireless access point (WAP) is a hardware device or configured node on a local area network (LAN) that allows wireless capable devices and wired networks to connect through a wireless standard, including Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

Wireless Print Servers

Wireless Print Server enables a single USB printer to be shared on a wireless network.  Wireless print servers are small devices (they look like mini routers) that have a USB port. All need to do to connect the printer to this wireless print server using a regular USB cable and the printer will then become available to all other computers in the wireless network.

Wireless Range Extender

A Wi-Fi range extender, sometimes called a range expander, is a type of wireless repeater used to expand the reach of a wireless LAN. The range extender connects wirelessly to the router or access point, picks up the signal and retransmits it. 

2. To create a good network the basic plan is

Decide what kind of WLAN is needed

Purchase the best equipment the budget allows for

Install the equipment

Test the installation

Identify where to effectively set-up access point?

The best place to set-up access point is as close as possible to the centre of the area that want to cover. Avoid surrounding it with metal objects, or Concrete or brick walls since it will distract the signals. 

How to secure wireless network?

Set up password for the router, and Encryption and limit access for the wireless network.

3. Identify the steps on troubleshoot network for the following problems

Workstation issues

Logging in problem - check and making sure the hardware and network infrastructure is all okay. Enter the username and password correctly. 

Ip Address problem -  each computer on a network is given a numerical address in the format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, make sure when enter at the command prompt the correct Ip Address. 

Network Cards-  check that all network cards are installed properly.

 Peer-to-Peer Networks -If cannot see shared resources on a peer-to-peer network, ensure the workgroup name is the same on all the PCs in the workgroup.

Access point issues

Check WAN and LAN connections - Check all wireless access point (AP) or wireless router ports to ensure that Ethernet cables are inserted tightly and link status LEDs are green at both ends.

Verify wireless adapter -  Ensure the client's Wi-Fi adapter used for network troubleshooting is enabled and ready to connect.

Verify AP and router settings - Use your wireless access point or router's administrative GUI to verify network settings for the wireless network service set identifier (SSID) to which your Wi-Fi client is trying to connect.

Verify TCP/IP settings

Verify network connection with Ping - Once the wireless client has a valid IP address, use ping to verify network connectivity.

Check wireless-specific issues - If the wireless client still cannot connect, get a valid IP address or ping theAP or router, then it's time to consider wireless-specific problems.

Look for a security mismatch - If a matched wireless client and AP or router can "hear" each other but still can't connect or exchange traffic, look for a security mismatch.

Ensure RADIUS is working - WPA and WPA2-Enterprise log the client into the network and deliver encryption keys using an 802.1X-capable RADIUS server.

Check 802.1X EAP and user login - If RADIUS is working but the client's access requests are rejected, look for an 802.1X Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) or user login problem.

Check intermittent network connectivity issues - Encounters intermittent network connectivity problems which lead to poor signal strength, RF interference, or disconnection caused by AP roaming.

Server/infrastructure issues.

Having an agreement with a network contractor with engineers trained in the operating system and hardware that are used.

It is essential to check that backups are actually running and then make sure the server can restore data properly.

Let the user get notified to save some files to local hard drives to work on while the server is unavailable or get crashed, and get maintenance.

If the users start complaining that the network is slow perhaps the server's hard drive is starting to fill up or it has become fragmented. Check the properties of the disk to see how much free space there are, and the server need to upgrade or add another disk.

Regular check the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) in case it reach to a point where they can't hold a charge any longer and need replacing.

Reference

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Techopedia.com. (2017). What is a Wireless Access Point (WAP)? - Definition from Techopedia. [online] Available at: https://www.techopedia.com/definition/13538/wireless-access-point-wap [Accessed 9 Jun. 2017].

What is Wi-Fi range extender (range expander)? - Definition from WhatIs.com. (2017). SearchMobileComputing. Retrieved 10 June 2017, from http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/definition/Wi-Fi-range-extender

How to Install a Wireless LAN. (2017). PCMAG. Retrieved 10 June 2017, from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1540976,00.asp

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Network Troubleshooting for Workstations. (2017). Techsoup.org. Retrieved 10 June 2017, from http://www.techsoup.org/support/articles-and-how-tos/network-troubleshooting-for-workstations

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Over the past week, we talked about our experiences with religion/religious communities in relation to our bisexuality. A lot of people talked about their experiences with various branches of Christianity. There were a couple responses about Judaism and how antisemitism affects their experiences outside Jewish communities. One poster talked about their relationship with Islam. There was also one post about paganism. You can find all those post in the masterpost below - the religions discussed in posts are noted next to them for your convenience.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts everyone!

anonymous submission

amethystdeath (christianity)

antiquestilts (islam)

becbecmuffin (judaism)

bi-any-other-name (catholicism) (q slur)

bloodanddaisies

bookworms-and-butts (judaism)

dani-kin (paganism, wicca) (q slur)

disembiggen (christianity, quaker)

faeneo (q slur)

gentle-daisy (christianity) (q slur)

infinite-within (christianity)

itsstarsandstripes (christianity, uniting church)

legendofliz (catholicism)

lynchy8 (christianity, catholicism)

missedthetraintolondontown (christianity) (q slur)

mormonbisexual (LDS)

officialjohnconstantine (christianity, atheism) (q slur)

octobig (resource for multiple religions)

packardbaker (apostolic)

paperbagk0sh (catholicism)

professorpolyamory (christianity)

revolutionarybrute (united methodist church)

stuffimgoingtohellfor (christianity, catholicism)

tawghasa (christianity) (q slur)

the-bi-furious-babe (christianity)

thegodlessbisexual (catholicism, atheism)

wanderingoracle (episcopalian)

xalxe (christianity, catholicism)

I've seen a lot of BiTalks on this topic about Christianity. Maybe one from a Jew. Which is fine, considering there are more Christians in the world than Jews. Honestly I never had a problem coming out as bisexual to my Jewish friends and family. I was accepted no matter what and honestly, even the most religious Jews I know have never told me I was doing something wrong. Most Jews, from Reform to Modern Orthodox, seem to be of the opinion that being queer is okay. Things change, of course, when we talk about Haredim but they are, in my opinion, closer to extremism. So I've never had trouble being bisexual in the Jewish community. In fact, online I have barely experienced any biphobia. 

But I have experienced anti-semitism. I assume it's from the same people who accept my bisexuality, but I can't tell because they were anonymous. I've heard so many accounts of people feeling safer being queer in Jewish spaces than being Jewish in queer spaces. I think it's important, as we talk about bisexuality and religion, that we acknowledge that Christians are not the only ones who have a connection to their religion in the bi community. This goes for muslims, as well, seeing as Islamophobia is on the rise as much as anti-semitism. We need to make sure that we're not just inclusive when it comes to other bisexuals, but that we're also inclusive when it comes to bisexuals of different faiths. 

I am an atheist and grew up with a lapsed Catholic turned agnostic turned atheist mother and a whatever will get me out of trouble father.

Some of my very earliest encounters with Christianity (usually from my very Catholic maternal grandmother) were criticisms of my gender.  I’m nonbinary trans and I was not a unnoticeable child in that regard.  My grandmother would tell me not to do things because [assigned sex at birth] don’t do those things and when I questioned would answer with saying that God wanted people to be men/women and behave in certain ways (when I questioned my mother’s restrictions, my mother said “because I said so” but did not cite religion).  Which did not exactly predispose me to feeling favorably about Christianity.  I say Christianity because, well, my other grandma, my Native grandma, never talked about her beliefs and kept them hidden most of her adult life (she went back to publicly practicing traditional Native religion towards the end of her life).

I was the only openly non-Christian kid in my school (my siblings include one agnostic, one vague deist sort, and a sort of “new religion” type-but one who will not challenge or deny Christianity directly).  And I was harassed over that and the harassment took a homophobic/biphobic/transphobic twist very early.  At an age where I wasn’t even self aware about my queerness and transness, I got religiously harassed over it.  Watch how popular it makes you when you respond to “The Bible says…” with “I’m not a member of your religion and I don’t even care” in a rightwing Christian dominated environment.  Watch how popular it makes you when you’re visibly queer/trans, the protofeminist, and keep telling people you’re mixed race. 

I dealt with so much around people saying that Natives had needed converted/praising Christian colonizers and with being told “pray the gay away” BS when I didn’t even have my own self figured out (in hindsight it’s almost funny, that people would tell me that being queer was against Christianity and I would be like “???? why do you keep bringing that up but it’s kind of mean and petty to think that isn’t it?”)

It was always made clear to me that Christianity didn’t want me. And my Native grandma didn’t share her religion with her children, so that was not really available to me.  Even if I did find a religion that I felt wanted me, I don’t think I could make myself believe in a god.  I just don’t. 

A lot of times though when Christians accuse me of being “hostile” to religion (read: Christianity), I wonder why they don’t seem to care about how hostile most Christians have been to the rest of us.  I have an entire life’s worth of hostility directed at me.

I’ve seen a fair amount of stories from Christians this week, and as I sat back here waiting for one of my people’s stories to float by I decided to take it into my own hands. I am a Jew. I am a proud, vocal, somewhat secular Jew. I grew up with one Christian and one Jewish parent, neither of whom cared much about religion. Sure we did Christmas/Hanukkah, Easter/Passover, but none of them had much of a Godly presence. I was allowed to choose my own path to religion, or to avoid that path entirely if I wanted. I chose Judaism, not because I liked the holidays or the food better (although I could eat potato latkes everyday until I explode or die), but because it felt like an inherent part of who I was. It wasn’t something I could try to change, and I wouldn’t want to even if I could. In a way, my bisexuality feels very similar. By the time I came to terms with my sexuality I was more than well-versed in being a minority, and once all the pieces fell into place it felt so natural. I didn’t know how I ever could have questioned it or tried to convince myself I was anything else. My sexuality was as much a natural aspect of me as my religion. I am bisexual. I am Jewish. I wouldn’t change for the world.

Well lets see how this goes.

I was raised Catholic and went to Catholic school for the majority of my elementary to high school years. I am not, however, practicing or particularly religious now. There was never some big reason for me to leaving the church due to my sexuality or some major event that caused me to leave, I just felt like maybe Catholicism wasn’t for me. That being said, I do believe that religion is important for some people, and some people just need faith. 

My mother, is incredibly religious, about a year and a half ago she found out I was dating another woman, and that I had dated other women in the past. Needless to say she was not overly pleased, she still isn’t super excited about my “life choices”  and is morally against my girlfriend and i moving in together, but she never rejected me for my sexuality, because she wants me to be happy even if what I want doesn’t make her happy. I can not, however, EVER come out to my extended family on her side because her parents will write us out of their will. Although my mother mother has told me that she will be praying for my soul everyday because she doesn’t want me to go to hell… but I think that has more to do with me leaving the church than being BIsexual. 

My dad, on the other hand, is less go to church everyday like my mother is and told me something along the lines of… 

"I highly doubt that you would go to hell for being bisexual, or whatever you choose to be. The important thing is that you are a good person, who is kind to others and try to not be a terrible human being. Most religions preach being kind to others anyway."

  I have never hid my “bi-ness” on tumblr but I have never came out and openly talked about it either. I need to remedy that fact.  I find that most people would agree with me that it is slightly scary. There are all these strangers judging your words,down to even the punctuation you use. Or, hell, it could be worse. NO ONE listens to you. Either way, here it goes.

How do you even start to put into words all these feelings and thoughts into the limited form that is the human language? Well, like most things, I think the best place to start is the beginning. 

My beginning began with what my parents would call an act of God. There were two babies, not just one. I’m an identical twin. So, it doesn’t push the bounds of thought very far to figure out that from a very young age I had an identity problem. “There were two of us” to quote a joke that I’ve heard one to many times. Add to that fact, that my father is a Baptist Preacher. I was taught (brainwashed, really) that there was one God and that his rules set down in the Bible were to be followed explicitly. My beginning was one of suppression and the over-writing of my very thought processes. 

I grew up. Most of my younger life was in this taught mindset. There was church EVERY Sunday, and EVERY Wednesday. We had to set the examples for the other children. We had to be better, for we were the “Pastor’s Kids.” It would be unseemly for it to seem like we weren’t being raised right. Because if a pastor can’t raise his kids then how can he raise and tend a “flock” (as groups of Christians are called sometimes). So, not only was this brainwashed mindset forced upon us, but also a intense desire for constant perfection and improvement. Then, add the guilt of not being perfect. If we weren’t? It could cause our father to get fired from his job. We even went to a christian school for a couple of years.   All of this equaled out to a very rigid childhood that cemented my mind in the world of Christianity. 

All the signs of my sexual orientation leanings were there. My subconscious was trying to get out underneath the suppression. But hold on just a second, I’m getting there.

Fast forward to High School. I had convinced my parents that I would get a better education at the local public high school. It wasn’t a complete lie. But I had mostly wanted to go to this public school because my boyfriend was there. It ended up being the best thing that had ever happened to me. Moving to this school opened my brain up just enough to comprehend that there were other concepts of thought in the world.

There was a English teacher…

(And isn’t there always? There is always that one teacher that just jumps to the front of your brain when you say the phrase “There was a teacher.” A teacher that changed the very fabric of who you are.)

I loved this teacher. He was my favorite one in the entire school.  A vibrant person, wise and aged, with a passion for what seemed everything. To my naive mind he was a giant in all things. It was in his class where I finally was able to BREAK out of my mental cage. 

The entire year we had learned so much in his class, philosophy, symbolism, metaphors in writing, structure, style. I was enraptured with everything that he said. So, it came to be the end of the semester and he told us that we would be reading the Four Gospels in class. Now, if you don’t know much about the Bible these are basically the 4 main chapters. The entire theology of Christianity is contained in those pages. I was confused. Read a religious text in a secular school? “No, it couldn’t be. ” I remember thinking. Then he uttered this phrase. “We are going to be reading these 4 chapters as books of philosophy, not a religious text.”

BREAK.

Cage open, bird flies free.

"FREE WILLY!!!!!!!!!!!!" 

My brain became all of those freedom metaphors.

Even the concept of thinking of the Bible as anything but the BIBLE was completely foreign to my mind. A rush of thought swept in. All of the critical thinking skills that I had learned in English class were now useful against the one thing that had kept my mind locked for my entire childhood. From that point on, I questioned. I really looked. I took a critical eye to everything that I had ever known…And… it came up wanting. 

My life changed. 

College happened. And unfortunately, like most college tropes, my first time with a girl was in college. Hey! They ARE tropes for a reason…they really happen. Haha.

I saw a girl walking by in a really cute summer dress. She was beautiful. Her long hair streamed behind her. There was an aura around her. I was drawn to her energy and I sat enraptured as she walked by. Mouth agape, probably looking like a fool. It took a full minute for my brain to catch up to what my body was feeling. At that point, I realized that I had like girls my entire life. I had simply repressed it. 

My brainwashed mind would deflect it. “Wow, that is a really cute outfit on her.” and then a quick cut off to a random topic in my brain.

"Wow, her hair is amazing, I bet it is soft." /CUT OFF. 

"She has a fantastic personality"/CUT OFF

When this girl walked by there was no cut off. ”I wonder what it would be like to “touch” her?” I never saw her again but that moment changed my life for the second time. 

Fast forward again. Life happened, I fell in love with a man. I’ve been married for a couple of years and couldn’t be happier. I have fully defined myself as Bisexual. I have learned a lot over the years. Nothing was ever easy but it all is worth it.  I am who I am. And I keep those around me who accept me for I am. 

I still have some identity problems that are residual from childhood. I still struggle with perfection. And I’m still not “out” to a lot of people. But I feel that this is why BiTalks and Bi Visability Day, and having conversations to educate people about who we are is SO important.  

I hope my story has helped a few of you. Feel free to reblog or share if you feel so inclined. Whether you are new to these Bi thoughts or you have been here in the community for a long time.

Remember this: Be who you are. Don’t let any one erase you.