Some things we learned this week are:

• Types of storage media includes; ROM, NVRAM, DRAM, CAM and Hard Drive.
• Switches are used to map MAC addresses to the corresponding physical switch ports.
• There are different types of switches; such as, Managed Switches, Smart Switches and Home Switches.
• Routers, as it name suggests, are used to route the packets to either other networks or the different devices that connects to a certain network. There are several types of router; enterprise, consumer and custom routers.
• Firewalls is a security device, that monitors the packets and traffic going in and out. As a security device, its log files contains more extensive info; these includes, connection attempts, protocols used, and applications. Just like routers, both consumer grade and enterprise grade firewalls exists.