This week’s lectures were totally unexpected. The difference between the material in the textbook and the greater depth of the lectures shows that Professor Olsen has a passion for networking. I enjoyed comparing the concepts from the material to my limited knowledge of the network at work.
This week at work we switched around the layout of our office. I had to run new cable for one workstation and a printer that was previously connected to a workstation by USB. This also required manually configuring IP addresses to the printer under the direction of our network administrator. At the time I was just following the instructions of the administrator at the time. I wish I had been through this material before I did the move I think I would have a better understanding.
I also wish I had checked the cables before I ran them! I ran them over a drop ceiling per my manager’s instructions. Who knows how old they are and of what bandwidth they will support. First thing tomorrow I'm going to check and make sure it is at least CAT5e. I'm guessing not.
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