SUMMARY:
June 28th, 2016 - August 11th, 2016
Task 1: 23 pages including cover page and sources (none) and 1 network diagram
Total: 23 pages
July 7th, 2016
Holy wow, this class is not for a newbie! Prior networking experience is needed! I've really had no issues understanding any of the classes until this one. My experience aligns more with system administration then network administration, so this is going to be one tough class/task! They provide a section to read if you need a refresher, but it's so minimal and pointless compared to what this class covers.
August 11th, 2016
This task is a monster! Maybe that's because I'm more of a systems guy, not a network guy? Thankfully my network admin at work was super helpful in looking at my design and giving me pointers, walking me through how our organization is setup and things I may want to think about when designing this one. I went through 4 revisions of it before he approved it. I spent an insane amount of time on this part. I then spent a couple of days writing the paper, didn't seem bad. My first submission was 13 pages long plus the network diagram submitted as a separate file.
I submitted Task 1 on August 7th and it was returned for revisions on August 9th. I had to get a little more detailed on the last three parts of the paper, Technical Approach, Projector Requirements, and Network Performance. Everything else was good. I ended up writing another 10 pages to cover this....yeah, I got detailed, ha! I submitted it on the 10th and expect it to be graded tomorrow morning. I also expect that it will pass.
I've already moved on to Information Technology Management while waiting for the task to be reviewed.
