Week 10

The Cox tour was informative.  It was interesting to see how the network is monitored and what tools are available to watch things and troubleshoot real time.

Week 9

Finished up research for my AppleTalk paper.  Looking forward to the SOC tour this evening and finishing things up this week!

Week 8

Good progress this week on Appletalk paper and the final project.  We should start editing our final documents this next week and preparing our PowerPoint presentation for our project.  Starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Week 7

This week was much better. Things seem to be coming together better for me at this point. Quiz was better....and started research on AppleTalk for my last research paper and started a little research for our project! All is well week 7!

Week 5

This week seemed to go better. I felt like I had a better grasp on the material until I took the quiz and after reviewing the things I missed on the quiz things are looking up. The PoE article and short paper was interesting. Got a good start on my first research paper and should have it ready to go in plenty of time.

Week 4

Tough week and still need to read the material again. Did learn that my Vision Skills could use some work!

Week 4

Tough week and still need to read the material again. Did learn that my Vision Skills could use some work!

Week Three....

This was a tough one for me and I'm pretty certain that I'm still missing something. After doing the homework and reading the material I still feel pretty confused about the whole subnetting processing. I'll send more time this week going through the material and making sure that I feel more comfortable with the process.

Just in the beginning stages of starting to do a little research for Research Project 1. I'm looking forward to learning more about wireless technologies over the next couple of weeks.

Week 2

I spend a good deal of time on the internet both at work and at home. I have always known that I needed to be careful about what information I put out on the internet, but have to admit that I wasn't nearly as "internet savvy" as I should be. Learning more about the protocols and more about how the system actually works has been enlightening.

The video that we watched for this weeks writing assignment bought home some good points about protecting our information from would-be identity thieves and those who might have less damaging but equally annoying motivations for stealing our information.

Two of the places that I went for additional information on system security and identity theft are below. They offer some great tips on how to identity thieves gain access to your information and how to keep systems more secure.

Identity Theft


System Security

Week One....

Feeling just a little overwhelmed. I feel like I learned bits and pieces of things this week. Not nearly enough that I feel as though I have a good grasp on the material, but enough that I'm not as concerned that I might have bitten off more than I can chew as I was when I walked through the door last Thursday night. The overview of the OSI Model made it a little less intimidating than the few minutes that were spent on it in passing in one of my classes last quarter. I am looking forward to having the opportunity to dig in deeper and get a better understanding of the subject matter as the quarter progresses.