Learning Log for Data Networks: Week 3 and 4 (Tracing Diagram)

Another 2 weeks had come since I study the anatomy of network and I began to make some hypothesis towards this subject, but I couldn’t prove it in a short period of time. For the week 3 of our data network, we had begun to use an application called Packet Tracer 101 with the capability to show relations of the different kinds of electronic devices that could be associated with networks. At first I could not cope up with the application and it took me a week before I understand what am I doing those past few days and now I really enjoy using this application because it provides much information to a specific electronic device about their characteristics not only in the application, but also the real characteristics of that device through their physical image representation. The environment of this application could be easily understand by any kind of person because all you need is just displayed in there and you’re the one who will be doing the algorithm, but for all the easiness there is a counter-part and that counter-part is the manipulation of the router. At first I could not be able to follow what my professor is doing because I really don’t know what how to code the right inputs for the router. Then I studied really hard at home to answer all my problems and by the way I downloaded Packet Tracer at home and this is free and now I know how to code the router. You should always check if the ip address, subnet mask, default gateway inputs are similar with the router to be able to have a connection and this is my secondary problem and this made me very mad because the devices in that application have no connection, but I easily apprehended this problem with the help of my seatmate. 2 weeks has passed and now I know how to use the Packet Tracer but not that good, I’m still encountering many hindrances that I could not solve and questions that I could not answer.