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Now that you have completed this chapter, you should have a firm understanding of the following: The advantages of LAN switching and VLANS along with how they should be implemented Gathering the users requirements and designing the physical topology to accommodate the requirements Selecting a routing protocol to be used in the network A method for controlling data packet flow across the network for security reasons based on access control lists (ACLs) on the routers The requirements for multiple protocols such as IPX and IP and allowing these protocols to efficiently flow across the network
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Washington School District Project Task: WANs

In this chapter, you have reviewed semester 3, whose focus was LANs. In the forthcoming chapters, you will shift your focus to WANs. And your case study tasks will shift to WANs as well.

You need to complete the following tasks:

1. Be sure you have completed all Semester 3 TCS Tasks
2. Review in detail the WAN aspects of the TCS Overview

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