A small company with 10 employees uses a single LAN to share information between computers. Which type of connection to the Internet would be appropriate for this company?
Answer
a dialup connection that is supplied by their local telephone service provider
Virtual Private Networks that would enable the company to connect easily and securely with employee
private dedicated lines through their local service provider
a broadband service, such as DSL, through their local service provider
Question 2
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Which network scenario will require the use of a WAN?
Answer
Employee workstations need to obtain dynamically assigned IP addresses.
Employees need to connect to the corporate email server through a VPN while traveling.
Employees in the branch office need to share files with the headquarters office that is located in a separate building on the same campus network.
Employees need to access web pages that are hosted on the corporate web servers in the DMZ within their building.
Question 3
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Which statement describes a characteristic of a WAN?
Answer
A WAN operates within the same geographic scope of a LAN, but has serial links.
WAN networks are owned by service providers.
All serial links are considered WAN connections
A WAN provides end-user network connectivity to the campus backbone.