"we’ve run into a bit of trouble with the network." as a junior network administrator, you have been asked by your managers to perform a series of tasks to support the functionality of the network at newton ad agency. now you have been given responsibility of managing and troubleshooting some networking issues between austin and minneapolis. recently, there have been reports of intermittent network connectivity between minneapolis and austin that have resulted in several router restarts with no resolutions to the problem. jim and jenna have task you with identifying the root cause of the issue. in this assignment, you will write a paper that explains in a clear, convincing manner the steps you would take to identify the causes of this problem and what you would do to correct it.

Symantec corp., located in cupertino, california, is one of the world's largest producers of security and systems management software. the company's consolidated balance sheets for the 2009 and 2008 fiscal years included the following ($ in thousands): current assets: receivables, less allowances of $21,766 in 2009 and $24,089 in 2008 $ 838,010 $ 758,700 a disclosure note accompanying the financial statements reported the following ($ in thousands): year ended 2009 2008 (in thousands) trade accounts receivable, net: receivables $ 859,776 $ 782,789 less: allowance for doubtful accounts (8,938) (8,990) less: reserve for product returns (12,828) (15,099) trade accounts receivable, net: $ 838,010 $ 758,700 assume that the company reported bad debt expense in 2009 of $2,000 and had products returned for credit totaling $3,230 (sales price). net sales for 2009 were $6,174,800 (all numbers in thousands).required: what is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2009 and 2008? what amount of accounts receivable did symentec write off during 2009? what is the amount of symentec’s gross sales for the 2009 fiscal year? assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash symentec collected from customers during the 2009 fiscal year?

Below are the steps in the measurement process of external transactions. arrange them from first (1) to last (6). event step post transactions to the general ledger. assess whether the transaction results in a debit or credit to account balances. use source documents to identify accounts affected by an external transaction. analyze the impact of the transaction on the accounting equation. prepare a trial balance. record the transaction in a journal using debits and credits.

On july 2, year 4, wynn, inc., purchased as a short-term investment a $1 million face-value kean co. 8% bond for $910,000 plus accrued interest to yield 10%. the bonds mature on january 1, year 11, and pay interest annually on january 1. on december 31, year 4, the bonds had a fair value of $945,000. on february 13, year 5, wynn sold the bonds for $920,000. in its december 31, year 4, balance sheet, what amount should wynn report for the bond if it is classified as an available-for-sale security?