Building your new home (week 10)

 

Back in my senior year of high school, I took an architecture class at a local community college… it was rather fun, and I enjoyed doing it. Upon reading this week’s chapters, something stood out to me and how it shares similar traits or steps in the process; making the concept so much easier to envision and understand. Designing a network is similar to that of designing and building a new house.

Hear me out, when designing a house plan you need to decide the overall size, how many rooms are needed, how the wiring and electrical will be laid out, plumbing to ensure proper flow. Windows and doors act as entry points etc.  Much like that of a network, how big it needs to be, and how many devices are needed, where the cables need to go, and how the data needs to flow in order to maximize efficiency. In this example, the windows and doors of the house represent the needed security points that need to be protected on a network, preventing unwanted people from coming and going within your home/network.

This specific week helped me realize that if you can find something that you are familiar with to compare it too, it will make it a lot easier. When I first started this class, I was worried about whether or not I was going to be able to absorb some of this information…

Rest assured, you can do it and do not give up!!