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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Save the Amani War Bear!
With the impending release of Wraith of the Lick King, many of us are saddened by the removal of the Amani War Bear mount. Blizzard posted that the bear mount was a reward for players who accomplished the feat of the timed quest through Zul’Aman. They say that leaving the bear mount in the game […]
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Lecture-cast 4, ARP, ethernet, switches, and WANS
Here’s another episode of the lecture cast for Networks I. The links I talked about are listed below, the pictures are in the forums. http://www.rldnc.com/Tech/SpeedChart.html http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Area_Network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Resolution_Protocol [podcast]http://www.skoda.net/podcast/cis2151-ep4.mp3[/podcast]
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Extra info about ARP and MAC addresses and Quiz 2
Quiz 2 is available now (11:00AM 26 Sept) and will stay open for 7 days. Make sure you take it. Email me if you have blackboard troubles BEFORE 4 October. I’ve posted extra material in the forums about ARP and MAC addresses, make sure you read it. You’ll see it in next weeks quiz.
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The first wireshark lab
The first wireshark lab is a lot of fun for most students. Don’t forget our chat about what is and is NOT appropriate behavior when using wireshark and other network admin tools. If you don’t have a Knoppix CD yet, bring a blank to lab and I’ll burn you a copy. One more reminder, […]
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Lecture-cast, episode 3
In episode 3 we cover the physical layer of networking. I talk about limitations of physical network technology, topologies, 100BaseT, some cabling fun, device types (hub, repeater, switch, bridge) and we started to dive into 802.3 frame [podcast]http://www.skoda.net/podcast/cis2151-ep3.mp3[/podcast]
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Brewfest!
I think that Brewfest in the World of Warcraft is my favorite virtual holiday. I’m amazed at how the folks at Blizzard take real world events, like Octoberfest, and tun them in to a week long party. The other thing that’s really amazing is the nature of the event. It’s a booze fueled festival […]
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Microsoft’s ‘I’m a PC’ campaign created with Macs
…not even Microsoft itself can wean itself off the Mac… read more | digg story This is silly. Microsoft paid an advertising firm to make the content. It’s not uncommon for creative shops to use Macs. The US Air Force doesn’t allow Macs on their networks but their portal front page had a screen shot […]
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Forums added to skoda.net
I’ve added forums to skoda.net. I needed a single place where VTC students in my Networks 1 course could share idea/thoughts/etc. Blackboard and the student email servers troubles have put our on-line course a little behind. I’m still using Blackboard for grades and quizzes and tests, but the more social and interactive things are moving […]
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Pirate goblins guiding folks to Booty Bay
I saw some goblins this morning sending people to Booty Bay to have a drink. I was wondering why the sudden interest pirates in WoW. At lunch I received an email and discovered that today is “talk like a pirate day” See www.talklikeapirate.com for more info. Arrr, Way to go Blizzard, a quick in-game homage […]
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VSC Blackboard issues
It appears that Blackboard is having some troubles with student e-mail addresses. I’m sorry that some of you Networks I students didn’t get the take home lab instructions via e-mail, but I’m working on a fix for our class. I’ll be sending out an email tonight using a distro list I’ve built from the course […]
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