Industrial Visit to Network Bulls
04th October 2019
Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon organized an industrial visit to "Network Bulls, Gurgaon" on 4th October 2019. Forty five students from CSE and IT Department along with faculty member Mr. Anil Verma went to Network Bulls for visit.
The visit was organized with an aim of providing the students a brief understanding of Networking Fundamentals & Equipment.
Network Bulls, a leading Cisco organization based in India introduces Asia’s biggest Cisco labs.
Mr. Alpish Jaswant Dhengre, Network Consultant, Network Bulls gave the basic introduction on networking. He discussed various hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, modems, ISDN terminal adapters, line drivers, wireless access points, networking cables and other related hardware used in networking.
Then, the students visited the labs of Network Bulls, which encompassed fully dedicated racks and devices, CCNA R&S, CCNA Security and CCNA Voice racks and devices, CCNP R&S, CCNP Security, CCNP Voice, CCIE R&S V5, CCIE Security V4 and CCIE Voice/Collaboration tracks. During the lab visit, Mr. Dhengre.
Next, a hands on session was conducted by Mr. Dhengre, in which he demonstrated the usage of routers, different kinds of cables and ports. He also created a virtual network in Cisco Packet Tracer, and illustrated the sending and receiving of the packets over the network. He also explained the students the use of proxy servers so that an individual can gain access to the sites that are blocked by the administrator computer block.
A detailed introduction about Internet protocols and component of network was given by Mr. Dhengre, through which students got an idea how actually an IP address works. The technical topics were also covered during the session such as OSI layer, connectivity of two different computer networks and copper-based Ethernet adapter.
Then, Mr. Dhengre discussed advantages of being in network centric world and explained the benefits of being Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA). With facts and figure, Mr. Dhengre projected the current market status and requirement for a network engineer.
In the end, the students cleared their doubts. The industrial visit proved to be beneficial for the students interested in the field of networking and gave them the industrial exposure.