To prepare yourselves for the networks session
But to prepare your password protected directory, download this placeholder page, save it to your client, and then FTP it into your newly created password protected directory.
on Local Area Networks
read these sections of How Ethernet Works by Nick Pidgeon in How Stuff Works (they are short, so you can read more if you wish)
- Introduction to How Ethernet Works
- Why Network?
- Local Area vs. Wide Area
- The Ethernet
- Ethernet Basics
- Ethernet Terminology
- Ethernet Medium
on The Internet, a network of networks
Read these sections of How Internet Infrastructure Works by Jeff Tyson in How Stuff Works [they are short]
- Introduction to How Internet Infrastructure Works
- A Hierarchy of Networks
- A Network Example
- Bridging The Divide
- Backbones
- Internet Protocol: IP Addresses
- Internet Protocol: Domain Name System
- Uniform Resource Locators
- A DNS Example
- Clients and Servers
- Ports
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