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 with designing our own networks. I learned that there are many things to take into consideration in making a network. You have to comply with the company's needs and resources. Let's say that they have a large amount of employees and have a small budget. We had to learn to be resourceful and to compromise. 

So to summarize this first 2 weeks of DNETCOM, I learned a lot of new terminologies. I learned how to sort of design a network. But I did not just learn the technicalities of the subject. Through the exercises that our professor, Sir Justin, asked us to do, I learned about teamwork and being resourceful, considerate and compromisation.