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Explore the rise of computer networks and their impact on various aspects of society. Learn about the benefits and challenges of networked communication, globalization, privacy, and more.
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CSC 110 – Fluency in Information TechnologyChapter 3: The Basics of Networking Dr. Curry Guinn
Quick Info • Dr. Curry Guinn • CIS 2045 • guinnc@uncw.edu • www.uncw.edu/people/guinnc • 962-7937 • Office Hours: MTWRF: 10:00am-11:00am and by appointment • Course HomePage: http://people.uncw.edu/guinnc/courses/Fall08/110/csc110.htm Homework to be submitted by Blackboard Page
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Today’s Class • Salaries • Highlights of Chapter 3 • The Rise of Computer Networks • Social Implications • Some terminology • Laboratory Activities • Internet geography
Computer Science Majors’ Starting Salaries is Number Two of All Majors (2008) Here are the top starting salaries for Summer 2008 college graduates by major. Major Offer Chemical Engineering $63,165 Computer Science $60,416 13.1% growth Mechanical Engineering $57,009 Electrical Engineering $56,910 Management of Info. Systems $52,418 Civil Engineering $51,632 Economics $50,507 Finance $48,547 Accounting $48,085 Business Admin/Mgmt $45,915 Marketing $42,053 English $34,327 Sociology $34,796 Psychology $33,564
Computer Networks Have Change Our Lives • Massive amounts of information freely and easily available • What are the ramifications of that? • Political • China • http://opennet.net/studies/china • http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/china/ • http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/china/China-highlights.html • Scientific • Cultural • Education • Commerce • eShopping (http://www.census.gov/eos/www/ebusiness614.htm, http://www.epaynews.com/statistics/transactions.html) • Telecommuting (44 mil) • http://www.jobsnake.com/articles/index.cgi?openarticle&8599&Top_10_Telecommuting_Questions_Answered • http://www.telcoa.org/id33.htm • Implications for globalization • Privacy
Does It Make People More or Less Connected to One Another? • Email, IM, chat rooms, online games, Facebook • Internet Relationships http://bipolar.about.com/cs/menu_chat/a/0302_online1.htm
Asynchronous vs. Synchronous • Synchronous communication requires that both the sender and receiver are active at the same time. (IM, telephone) • Asynchronous communication is such that the sending and receiving may occur at different times (email, snailmail, voicemail).
Broadcast vs. Point-to-Point • Broadcast communication: One sender, many receivers • Point-to-Point: One sender, one receiver
Messages are routed from your computer through many different devices before it may reach its destination
Each machine has a unique IP address(IP = Internet Protocol)
The Internet makes use of whatever routes are available to deliver packets.
Robert Metcalfe’s original drawing of the Ethernet design; the unlabeled boxes, computers, “tap” onto the wire that Metcalfe has labeled “The Ether.” (1976)
Figure 3.9. A Web page and the HTML source that produced it. Notice that an additional image file, alto.jpg, is also required to display the page.
… And now for the Lab • Under Administrative Tools – Performance, you can view the network traffic on your computer • Hit the add button (+) and pull-down “Network Interface”. • “Packets/sec” is a good choice. • Now when you go out to the network, you’ll be able to see how many packets are being passed to and from your computer. • Keep the monitor up during the lab as we’ll be using the WWW quite a bit.
Activity 1 cont. • Looking at your computer’s network information • Bring up the Command Prompt and type ipconfig • Start – Run – cmd • Start-All Programs-Accessories-Command Prompt • When you go on the internet, other’s can see your IP. • Take a look at the following link: • http://www.lawrencegoetz.com/programs/ipinfo/ • On that page, find the IP2Location link and click it.
Activity 2: Your DNS name • You can take any IP address and lookup up its DNS name (if it has one) • Write down (or copy into notepad your computer’s IP address) • Then go to this site and type it in • http://www.webreference.com/cgi-bin/nslookup.cgi • Notice lookup can go both ways (You can type in www.google.com, for example, to see google’s IP address. • http://www.showmyip.com/ • Other tools: • http://www.yougetsignal.com/
Activity 3:Tracing Your Messages • Any of these trace programs allow you to visualize the path your message takes in getting from your machine to another. Try each one to see different ways of looking at what is known as a route trace. • Activity 3a) • http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/visual-tracert/ • Activity 3b) • http://www.just-traceroute.com/?utm_source=just-ping.com&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=just-ping • Activity 3a) Visual route http://visualroute.visualware.com/ (Requires download)
Activity 4: The Geography of the Internet • http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/atlas.html • Many ways to view the internet • Geographic, traceroutes
Activity 4 cont • Conceptual: http://www.orgnet.com/netindustry.html
Activity 4 cont • Artistic (http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/atlas.html) • TextArc • Shredder
Activity 4 cont. • Topology • http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html
Activity 4, Final • Information Spaces • http://www.kartoo.com/