Week 5

Within a couple of weeks, the midterms will finally set foot; yet many students are agitated due to a handful of the requirements that needs to be complied during the said period. As for our DNETCOM subject, we are to propose, present and defend a research paper. I definitely hope it would be as easy as it sounds. Unfortunately, it isn't. The past exercises proved themselves a worthy challenge since the previous one took us a few days to finish. The following week, we are informed that the next half would focus on a different application called 'Wireshark'. It has been seven weeks and I can say to myself that I almost had no idea what will happen each and every time. Yet hopefully, the odds may be in our favor for the entire term.

Week 4

This week's topic is still the same but it becomes as complicated as it can be. Last time, the tasks only require setting IP addresses and subnet masks. However, this time, more types of servers are present in the scene such as DNS, DHCP, E-mail and a lot more. Also, each one of them has corresponding ports that needs to be memorized. The exercises was a great challenge since the requirements cannot be easily met unless you fully understand the lesson.

Week 3

The further we proceed, the more difficult it gets. This time around, we created several simple local area networks or LAN. The word "simple" is just a relative term. Aside from that, the configuration must be done MANUALLY. At first, it was hard. But as we go through the process, I therefore conclude that it is still hard as it was. The task focuses more on the configuration part which is confusing to be honest. Although, I kind of grasped the concept of typing the appropriate command such as setting a password, assigning an IP address, and pinging the router. Nevertheless, there's still much to learn about Cisco Packet Tracer, the command-based configuration and everything else that falls within the topic.