Learning Log #1 DNETCOM
DNETCOM, also known as Network Security, Storage and Data Communication. It's quite a handful don't you think? To be honest, when I learned I would be taking this subject, I was a bit intimidated. I knew nothing about network security and storage, much less data communication. I remember doing our first exercise as a group. We were tasked with creating a network for a made up company called RRD Company. We were given a budget and a list of items for sale and their corresponding prices. I was a bit embarrassed because I had no idea what half of the devices in the list were. There was an IP phone, a switch and others. But then I learned that my other blockmates did not know what those were either. Then I came to a realization that I shouldn't have been disheartened because that was what the class was for. We are taking DNETCOM to learn about these things. (Don't worry I eventually learned the difference between a hub, switch and router.) In class, we are tasked w