juddnetworking

the girls page.  = JUDD. =

//Background info: Networking is good for keeping people connected so they can share data, resources and information, via their computers.//

//**SEPTEMBER** 9/9/08 I am in a group with hayley, teesh and kaesy for our network SAC. We started off working on what we knew about networks and what we want to know, and created a KWL chart, which is on the group page. We have had trouble assigning each person something to do, because the group havent been here all together yet, so today, Hayley and I are completing the questions- one page each. So far, it seems easy enough to understand most of the subject of networking.//

//11/9/08 This session we watched a movie that explained exactly what happens when information is sent through networks, (LANs and WANs) what is used, like ping packets and firewalls and the process it happens in. It was really helpful because they used simple terminology and compared the objects with an everyday situation to make it easier to understand. I learnt that the firewall is used like a filter for the information, and stops unnecessary packets entering the network or system. Routers sort the information and send it in the right direction, and proxys read the "addresses" of the packets. I found out what a hub and switch looked like. I want to know what they actually do though.//

//12/9/08 This session it was just Kaesy and I. I worked on the task 2 questions and learnt about protocols and servers. Protocols are like the grammar of the addresses that information is being sent to and servers are the computer with specific software, like printers and file storage. There is still a lot that I want to learn, like what ping means and what packets are.// //   16/9/08    Today I worked on the group knowledge sheet and changed the class home page with Kaesy. I didn't really learn anything new but from the homework I did learn://
 * //what an NIC was//

//**OCTOBER** 7/10/08 We haven't gotten any work done since last term so we had a revision session. My group know what we need to do, but don't think we are quite ready for the SAC yet. We haven't finished everything but have at least gotten half way through task three. I didnt understand very much of the terminology or the questions but after revision, all of us learnt a lot. I know that a node in the network is either a device or the computer, and the switch remembers the addresses of all the devices connected to it, so it can send the correct information to the correct device.

10/10/08 Today and yesterday we worked on what computer networks look like in real life, and what the setup looks like in a diagram. Rob took us on a tour around the schools network system and explained what everything was and did. The blue cables plugged into the switches and servers were connected to the student public computers, and the red cables were the phones. Each cable was colour coded to what system is was connected to and we found out that there is more than 40 switches around the school. It was really interesting and we revised what we learnt today.

14/10/08 today we worked on the practice sac and revised on what is needed in a network.//