Thursday, September 9, 2010

My Trinity Network Diagram

Today in class, we got an extremely interesting tour of Trinity's server room by Jared Pack. To actually see something like a network, which to me was always such an abstract idea, was really neat, though kind of mind boggling. All those connections, and nearly identical black boxes with blinking lights - I think my head would explode if that was actually my job. So props to Jared and all the other computer guys, and thanks for doing the (seemingly) impossible and making it all work!
In designing this diagram, I tried to incorporate the wagon wheel image that Jared used to describe the network - that is, Ruth Taylor forms the core, and spokes (or fiber optic cables) connect out to all the other buildings on campus. This diagram shows how my laptop (located in Prassel, since that's where I live) connects to the internet through a wireless access port, the data closet, then to Ruth Taylor and wherever it needs to go, including the outside world.

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