Thursday, February 15, 2007

Due before Sunday February 2007 at 8 pm

You are to answer all the questions and type them using the word processor at http://docs.google.com

Add me as a collaborator.

Networking 101.
Put the answers in your words. If you use someone else's arrangement of words, you need QUOTATION MARKS.

You will have a test on these terms and concepts on Tuesday, February 20th 2007.


Answer the following questions, (search online if no URL is given):

  1. http://compnetworking.about.com/od/tcpiptutorials/a/ipaddrnotation.htm How many IP addresses can IPv6 handle?
  2. What is a computer network?
  3. Remember traceroute? Check out this cool implementation of it here: http://visualroute.visualware.com/ and search for any web site you choose. Write a brief review of this Java applet.
  4. On the home side of things, click here: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm Define 'technophile'.
  5. Still at howstuffworks.com, what does a router do?
  6. Consider the question of 'piggy-backingo' off a neighbor's wireless router. Is it the wrong thing to do?
  7. Follow the link about 'Phone Line Networking' and summarize how it works in five sentences!
  8. http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/wireless/2007/0129wireless2.html What is 802.11n all about?
  9. Summarize three other articles at http://www.networkworld.com/.
  10. Define 'bandwidth'.
  11. Do you think this is cool? http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448 Would you ever do such a project?
  12. What is DNS?
  13. What is SSL? What is it used for?
  14. http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2005/ssl.asp Where can someone get SSL certifications?
  15. Check out some of these http://www.slac.stanford.edu/xorg/nmtf/nmtf-tools.html interesting programs on your own.
  16. What is a VPN? What is it used for?
  17. http://www.thebakershome.net/?q=node/56 Why did he want to own a server?
  18. What is an application server used for?
  19. What is a print server?
  20. What is the difference between an Intranet and Internet?
  21. Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_network and read through 'Classification of Computer Networks'. You'll learn all this stuff.

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