· Designing a large network
For unit 2 we focused on networking and how to make a standard home network. We had to make a network diagram that followed the met with the specific requirements. These requirements can be the number of PC and and the WAN devices. This helped me learn how to draw a standard large diagram. This is very important because in the future, if I had to make or design my home network i would know how to do so because I learned how to do it now. I also learned the different physical devices that are used in a network. These devices include routers, backbone switches, firewalls and work group switches. The assignment also taught me about the physical medians such as fiber optic, Ethernet etc. The key component that I learned is that networking is hard as you have to constantly connect many devices and physical medians. If you have a wireless router you need to keep in mind the distance of other devices so they can connect to the WAN using the wireless router. Also, the block diagram taught me the importance of the order that devices need to go in, in order for the network to actually work. Networking equipment would be very hard to install in real life as everything would have to be managed and built perfectly in order for the network to actually work.
For unit 2 we focused on networking and how to make a standard home network. We had to make a network diagram that followed the met with the specific requirements. These requirements can be the number of PC and and the WAN devices. This helped me learn how to draw a standard large diagram. This is very important because in the future, if I had to make or design my home network i would know how to do so because I learned how to do it now. I also learned the different physical devices that are used in a network. These devices include routers, backbone switches, firewalls and work group switches. The assignment also taught me about the physical medians such as fiber optic, Ethernet etc. The key component that I learned is that networking is hard as you have to constantly connect many devices and physical medians. If you have a wireless router you need to keep in mind the distance of other devices so they can connect to the WAN using the wireless router. Also, the block diagram taught me the importance of the order that devices need to go in, in order for the network to actually work. Networking equipment would be very hard to install in real life as everything would have to be managed and built perfectly in order for the network to actually work.
· Professional Certification
The certification assignment was one of the longest and time consuming project I have done in computer engineering. Over looking that fact, this assignment really helped me learn a lot about networking. The quiz we had to do online had many questions related to networking. In fact, all of them were related to some sort of networking. This helped me increase my knowledge about networking a lot as the test had content that I didn't know before. After we were done the test, we had to check the answer and study them for the test. This helped me learn the different type of questions that would be on a network certification assignment. Though my test scores weren't the best, after seeing the right answers I did the test and my results were better.
Doing the test again helped me learn so many new things and helped me correct my mistakes. We had to also do some research and reading before doing the test. From this I learned the following terms:
CNA Certified Network Associate Responsible for the soft ware and hardware that makes up a networking system
CNE Common Network Engineer Responsible for the building and arranging the networking hardware
CCNA Cisco Certified Network Association Manage WAN and LAN that use Cisco routers and switches
CCIE Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Responsible or dealing with issues regarding the internetwork
MCSE Media Code Speed Edit
The certification assignment was one of the longest and time consuming project I have done in computer engineering. Over looking that fact, this assignment really helped me learn a lot about networking. The quiz we had to do online had many questions related to networking. In fact, all of them were related to some sort of networking. This helped me increase my knowledge about networking a lot as the test had content that I didn't know before. After we were done the test, we had to check the answer and study them for the test. This helped me learn the different type of questions that would be on a network certification assignment. Though my test scores weren't the best, after seeing the right answers I did the test and my results were better.
Doing the test again helped me learn so many new things and helped me correct my mistakes. We had to also do some research and reading before doing the test. From this I learned the following terms:
CNA Certified Network Associate Responsible for the soft ware and hardware that makes up a networking system
CNE Common Network Engineer Responsible for the building and arranging the networking hardware
CCNA Cisco Certified Network Association Manage WAN and LAN that use Cisco routers and switches
CCIE Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Responsible or dealing with issues regarding the internetwork
MCSE Media Code Speed Edit
Networking Theory & Devices
Before this unit, I had a little idea of networking however after doing this unit, my networking unit has increased undoubtedly. In fact I learned a lot of new new terms that helped solidify my knowledge. Besides that, we also learned how a network actually works and what type of networks exist around the world. From this I learned that there are three main types of networks used in daily life such as WAN - Wide Area Network, LAN - Local Area Network and MAN - Metropolitan Area Network. We also learned when each type of network would be useful and efficient. For example, LAN is used in building and WAN is used across countries and MAN is used across cities. This helped me learn that different types of networks are used in different types of situation and that it is very necessary to pick the right type of network. Not only that we also learned how different cables effect the speed of the network. We also learned that different cables are capable of carrying data/information across long distances at fast speeds. These cables are called fiber optic cables which are one of the best and high quality cables used in networks that require fast speed over long distances.
A key expect we learned was classifying computer parts based on their connections: Parallel or Serial
· Keyboard - SERIAL
· Mouse - SERIAL
· IDE/ATA HDD - PARALLEL
· SATA HDD - PARALLEL
· USB - SERIAL
· CAT5 UTP - SERIAL
· Parallel Port - PARALLEL
· RAM - PARALLEL
· PCI - PARALLEL
· PCI Express SERIAL
· FDD - SERIAL
· AGP Card - PARALLEL
We also learned the different Open System Connections which include:
7.) Physical Layer
6.) Data Link (MAC) Layer
5.) Network Layer
4.) Transport Layer
3.) Session Layer
2.) Presentation Layer
1.) Application Layer
A quick way to memorize this would be to use: All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Some of the networking terms we learned include the following:
Simplex: One way
Duplex: Two ways (simultaneously)
Half-Duplex: Two ways (one at a time)
Switch - A network switch is a hardware device that joins multiple computers together within one local area network (LAN) using copper, wireless, or fibre optic media.
Router - Routers are WAN devices used to connect networks together into Intranets, Extranets and the Internet. They use IP protocol to address the all nodes on the network.
Intranet (private WAN): is a private computer network
Extranet (private WAN with secure public access – e.g. VPN): can be viewed as part of a company's Intranet that is extended to users outside the company
Internet (public WAN): is the worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks
LAN – Local Area Network (In Buildings)
WAN – Wide Area Network (across cities/countries)
MAN – Metropolitan Area Network (in a city)
Before this unit, I had a little idea of networking however after doing this unit, my networking unit has increased undoubtedly. In fact I learned a lot of new new terms that helped solidify my knowledge. Besides that, we also learned how a network actually works and what type of networks exist around the world. From this I learned that there are three main types of networks used in daily life such as WAN - Wide Area Network, LAN - Local Area Network and MAN - Metropolitan Area Network. We also learned when each type of network would be useful and efficient. For example, LAN is used in building and WAN is used across countries and MAN is used across cities. This helped me learn that different types of networks are used in different types of situation and that it is very necessary to pick the right type of network. Not only that we also learned how different cables effect the speed of the network. We also learned that different cables are capable of carrying data/information across long distances at fast speeds. These cables are called fiber optic cables which are one of the best and high quality cables used in networks that require fast speed over long distances.
A key expect we learned was classifying computer parts based on their connections: Parallel or Serial
· Keyboard - SERIAL
· Mouse - SERIAL
· IDE/ATA HDD - PARALLEL
· SATA HDD - PARALLEL
· USB - SERIAL
· CAT5 UTP - SERIAL
· Parallel Port - PARALLEL
· RAM - PARALLEL
· PCI - PARALLEL
· PCI Express SERIAL
· FDD - SERIAL
· AGP Card - PARALLEL
We also learned the different Open System Connections which include:
7.) Physical Layer
6.) Data Link (MAC) Layer
5.) Network Layer
4.) Transport Layer
3.) Session Layer
2.) Presentation Layer
1.) Application Layer
A quick way to memorize this would be to use: All People Seem To Need Data Processing
Some of the networking terms we learned include the following:
Simplex: One way
Duplex: Two ways (simultaneously)
Half-Duplex: Two ways (one at a time)
Switch - A network switch is a hardware device that joins multiple computers together within one local area network (LAN) using copper, wireless, or fibre optic media.
Router - Routers are WAN devices used to connect networks together into Intranets, Extranets and the Internet. They use IP protocol to address the all nodes on the network.
Intranet (private WAN): is a private computer network
Extranet (private WAN with secure public access – e.g. VPN): can be viewed as part of a company's Intranet that is extended to users outside the company
Internet (public WAN): is the worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks
LAN – Local Area Network (In Buildings)
WAN – Wide Area Network (across cities/countries)
MAN – Metropolitan Area Network (in a city)