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.
[podcast]http://www.skoda.net/podcast/cis2151-ep4.mp3[/podcast]
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Lecture-cast 4, ARP, ethernet, switches, and WANS
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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, don’t forget to register with the forums. Homework assignments and quiz announcements will only be posted to the forums starting on Monday, 29 September.
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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!
Grimlager at Brewfest, chatting up a lady
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 yet none of the negative troubles seem to manifest themselves. I suppose that’s because the toon is drunk and the person behind the keyboard isn’t, so all that beer-induced bad judgement that causes troubles at binge drinking parties doesn’t exist.
Playing WoW tipsy isn’t nearly as much fun as playing WoW when your toon is tipsy. One night I thought it was a good idea to swim from Darkshore to Durotan. I made it to Azshara then hearth-stoned home. I know, don’t ask, it wasn’t as much fun as I thought it would be. I know others (no names of course) who couldn’t manage to keep from falling to their death in Gnomer (more than once) while the rest of the team waited, and waited, and waited…
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Microsoft’s ‘I’m a PC’ campaign created with Macs
…not even Microsoft itself can wean itself off the Mac…
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 of a Mac application for a number of months. The Air Force doesn’t design those pages, a contractor does. Of course Microsoft uses Macs, did everyone forget about the Mac Business Unit inside Microsoft? I’m starting to get the feeling that the general public and the mac fandom are really hoping the new MS ad campaign fails.
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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 here to skoda.net. That way all 30something of you students can be in the same virtual space and hear everyone’s questions and my answers to those questions.
To access the forums, VTC students need to press the Forums button, register, and then I’ll put you in the student group.
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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 to “Talk Like A Pirate Day” Ye be owed an extra ration of grog fer ye efforts, matey.
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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 rosters. Please reply to that email. If you don’t like the email address I used, let me know what is a better way to reach you, since we know that the student mail server hasn’t been cooperative this semester either.
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iPhone in Vermont, adding to the rumor mill
I was in the Berlin Wal-Mart and stopped by the Unicel kiosk. I asked the sales associate what was going on with the Verizon/Unicel/AT&T deal. He said that AT&T could be in the state as soon as November. The associate’s understanding was that once the Verizon/Unicel deal was free of imperial entanglements (i.e. state of Vermont regulators) Verizon would have 90 days to sell the towers off to AT&T.
“90 days to sell” is probably 90 days to start selling the towers and that will probably have to go through some sort of regulatory gymnastics at the Federal and state level, so iPhones for Christmas might be a reality.
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