Monday, March 30, 2009
Tools
I have vast experience with most of the tools listed, but there were several I was unfamiliar with. The 2 I chose were Copernic Meta and Pagesucker. I already feel that the purposes of these programs I can already complete myself so I doubt I will find any use of it, but lets keep an open mind.
Module 4
Well its time to start module 4 and my latest assignment. The end is getting near. Better put my head down and get cracking. :)
Module 3 Done
Woohoo! another module down, only 2 to go. I believe this is the module I spent the most time on so far, and had the most difficulty with. Due mainly to just uploading my page. Grrrrr!!!! If it wasn't one problem it was another and in the end I finally gave in and posted the pics instead. Now to move on to module 4 and commence my next assignment. How exciting.
More puppy
And he even has his own songs that my girlfriend picked out for him
Heres an example of an external webpage being viewed within the second frame of my webpage.
And the links I used in relation to my pages theme and other assorted useful links
Heres an example of an external webpage being viewed within the second frame of my webpage.
And the links I used in relation to my pages theme and other assorted useful links
And more hot dog
The next couple of pics show how the navigation system on the left works
And how the thumbnails can be clicked to reveal bigger pictures
And how the thumbnails can be clicked to reveal bigger pictures
Puppyography
Well I did say I was going to add pictures of my webpage, its been a while since I said that but I finally got around to it. So here goes.
My Index Page
Now lets move onto my next pic which is the navigation home page. Come on how cool is it. It has frames, frames are like the coolest way to navigate, effectively now you can do your whole interneting experience with my puppy at your side. And all my useful links. :P
My Index Page
Now lets move onto my next pic which is the navigation home page. Come on how cool is it. It has frames, frames are like the coolest way to navigate, effectively now you can do your whole interneting experience with my puppy at your side. And all my useful links. :P
Wow, ive got my work cut out for me.
Hmmmm after inspecting some other peoples Blogs I feel I havn't been putting in the same amount of effort as some. Some people go crazy with their blogs. lol. Good on ya for the effort, you know who you are. I better pick up my game or else I might not pass. :S
Saturday, March 28, 2009
I concede
After all that jazz I concede to the setting up a webspace and will post pics soon of my website. And I really wanted the world to see my lovely puppy. Oh the pain. :(
that didnt go down well either
I guess ill now try the oasis one. Stupid stupid stupid ISP, they think 15meg is too much. SIF!!!! I need my pretty pictures. :( ill try again.
DONT GO TO MY SITE
Instead of being sneaky and editing my post before anyone sees it, I felt id come out with the truth. My site sucked!!! note to all, never use free online spaces. They suck!!! lol, im currently in the process of uploading my site to my isp. If all goes well i shall repost the URL.
Friday, March 27, 2009
W3C standards
Like I suspected my webpage didnt conform to their standards. I believe this may be because for starters I didn't add the DOCTYPE at the start of my html. Ahhh well. Also I'm not a pro at writing web pages so the way I looked at things was, if it looks how I want it too then its ok and who cares bout the code. :P It was only a rough website so what can I expect.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Format counts
Finding the differences between the two webpages is like finding the differences between a Dog and a Cat. Obviously ones more formatted and visually appealing. The layout is much better. Titles stand out more etc. The second is basically raw information. I much prefer the first page, because it stands out and I don't have to read as much useless information to get to what I want. When writing a webpage you always have to appeal to the reader. For example your looking for information on a homework assignment. You go to two different pages layed out similarly like the examples we were given. The first page looked beautiful but contained less information. The second very dull but more information. I'd say the reader is more inclined to read and use the information from the better looking site then the raw material presented on the second. I guess though the second site has one major benefit, its small, and thus its quick to load. Only gives you what you need.
What I really think of Blogging
It seems ironic to pay out on blogs inside a blog, but if you really want to know how I feel about the whole matter i'll let you know. I'm really not fond of them. I'm not really one to care about what someone did this day or what not. To me its like Myspace or Facebook. The opitimy of all evil. Did you know a radio station in Melbourne opened up a bank account using the details on ones Myspace page and they didn't know. I guess Blogs would be a great way for a serial killer to find their targets daily routine the way some people habitually add to their blog. As for seeing any useful uses for a blog, i've seen none. If you could point in the direction of one, maybe my opinion might change. But at this point I stand quite firm.
Copyrights
All the images used on my webpage are taken by me or members of my family. Although I havn’t asked my puppy for permission on whether he wants to be known to the world. But he’s too cute to hide. So all in all none of the work on my webpage contravened any copyright laws.
If I was to put the Curtin logo on the webpage, that might be a different matter. I’d say if I was to put a Curtin logo at the top of my assignment it would be a breach of copyright, as my webpage is not a direct affiliate of Curtin university. Although its unlikely they would pursue the manner. It wouldn’t be copyright if permission was given by Curtin though.
If I was to put the Curtin logo on the webpage, that might be a different matter. I’d say if I was to put a Curtin logo at the top of my assignment it would be a breach of copyright, as my webpage is not a direct affiliate of Curtin university. Although its unlikely they would pursue the manner. It wouldn’t be copyright if permission was given by Curtin though.
5 best tips for writing a Web Page
1. Don’t have huge blocks of information!!!
2. Keep it ordered to some degree so the user can get to what they want.
3. Keep page length to a minimum as to avoid the user scrolling too much and suing for pain in hands.
4. Try not to put links in the middle of paragraphs as it is visually detering.
5. Keep Navigation Consistent, have links to the homepage and what not. Frames is always a good bet.
2. Keep it ordered to some degree so the user can get to what they want.
3. Keep page length to a minimum as to avoid the user scrolling too much and suing for pain in hands.
4. Try not to put links in the middle of paragraphs as it is visually detering.
5. Keep Navigation Consistent, have links to the homepage and what not. Frames is always a good bet.
My webpage
Well my webpage went well. I’ve had some experience in building web pages before so all this was I guess a piece of cake. I wouldn’t go as far as saying I’m advanced or anything though. That’s why I’m learning Java and all the C languages so I can expand my current knowledge in all these fields and eventually bring them all together. I view html as any other programming language, just not as powerful. And like other programming languages, yes you do get a sense of achievement when you complete something. Coming up to the completion your always looking at little tweaks or additions that can be made to make it better. With Html I feel colour scheming plays a big part, its like any form of media, you need it to be visually appealing. The major difference between html and blogging is that with html requires a hell of a lot more coding. A blog by definition is in fact html, you could write your blog completely in html, it would just take a whole lot longer. I feel if you are going to try and make a meaningful site about a particular subject that is not in a monologue type format then html is the way to go. Blogging on the other hand, although customizations can be made, generally always holds the same structure and has that monologue feel to it. So as a personal diary or log I guess a Blog would be more suited. To be honest I’m not too keen on either, but if I had to pick I’d honestly say html as it has that much more coded feel to it, and the better degree of customization. I will post my webpage and the link at a later stage, once i've done some finishing touches to it. How much time and effort is meant to go into this? is it going to be graded??
Im on a roll
Well I had nothing to do so I thought I'd maybe get a head start on module 3. It seems simple enough. And a bit of relief after module 2. Bring on the programming.
Conclusion of Module 2
Well that Concludes Module 2, except for getting out there and chatting with fellow Net11'ers. I joined that IRC channel in the Discussion board but its like a ghost town. :( ahhh well.
Chat
Good ol' chat programs, i've used them all extensively, so i decided i'll write my reflections of each of them.
The first chat program i used was ICQ. I must admit it was great. It took many years for MSN to get some of the features ICQ had. Some of the options i liked about ICQ was the search feature, where you could search for people with similar interests, age groups etc. If a message is sent to a user that is offline, that user will receive the message then next time they come online. I prefer the older versions of ICQ over newer ones as I feel the newer ones have too many 'wanky' features similar to that of Windows Messenger Live. It still stands strong in my mind that the best version of ICQ was 99b, the amount of cool plugins it had just made it great.
IRC was the next chat client I used. Throughout highschool we had chat rooms set up for each highschool in the area and it was a great way to catch up with people. The client i used was mIRC and once again there was many great plugins that really came in handy. Another thing i really liked about mIRC was the DCC features, or downloading. I found it as a great alternative to torrents and found I would consistently get great download speeds. All the files downloaded were legal of course *cough*.
Finally we come to MSN. To be honest, i'm not too fond of it, but I admit I do use it. More so I feel forced to use it because it seems the most popular and all my friends use it. One feature that took a very long time to be implemented was if you send a message to a person whos offline that they will receive it the next time they come on. And once again as the newer versions keep coming out they have more and more useless features which get annoying. Just give me a simple chat client dammit.
MSN is probably the easiest to set up and get chatting with though, and IRC is definately the most difficult to both set up and get used to. If your really out there to meet new people who can relate to you then maybe ICQ is the way to go. But they all have their ups and downs and ultimately you need to find the right chat client for you.
The first chat program i used was ICQ. I must admit it was great. It took many years for MSN to get some of the features ICQ had. Some of the options i liked about ICQ was the search feature, where you could search for people with similar interests, age groups etc. If a message is sent to a user that is offline, that user will receive the message then next time they come online. I prefer the older versions of ICQ over newer ones as I feel the newer ones have too many 'wanky' features similar to that of Windows Messenger Live. It still stands strong in my mind that the best version of ICQ was 99b, the amount of cool plugins it had just made it great.
IRC was the next chat client I used. Throughout highschool we had chat rooms set up for each highschool in the area and it was a great way to catch up with people. The client i used was mIRC and once again there was many great plugins that really came in handy. Another thing i really liked about mIRC was the DCC features, or downloading. I found it as a great alternative to torrents and found I would consistently get great download speeds. All the files downloaded were legal of course *cough*.
Finally we come to MSN. To be honest, i'm not too fond of it, but I admit I do use it. More so I feel forced to use it because it seems the most popular and all my friends use it. One feature that took a very long time to be implemented was if you send a message to a person whos offline that they will receive it the next time they come on. And once again as the newer versions keep coming out they have more and more useless features which get annoying. Just give me a simple chat client dammit.
MSN is probably the easiest to set up and get chatting with though, and IRC is definately the most difficult to both set up and get used to. If your really out there to meet new people who can relate to you then maybe ICQ is the way to go. But they all have their ups and downs and ultimately you need to find the right chat client for you.
Newsgroups
Well i was having a look around at the google groups under programming because i've been hitting the programming hard lately. And I came across a group called android. I must say it intrigued me, and judging by the topics I am under the impression it is a language similar to Java as it uses the Eclipse IDE. Here is a copy of the message I posted on the board
Rob Bader view profile more options Mar 25th 6:22pm
Hi Guys,
I'm under the impression Android is a programming language similar to Java. What actual uses does it have I must ask. ATM im simultaneously learning Java, C, C++, C# and UScript. How much more can it hurt to learn another ey? If its similar to any of these languages it should be pretty easy to pick up.
anyways thanks for the help.
-rob
My first attempt to copy this message ended badly as it had html elements, so i had to retype some parts such as the name etc. But you get the drift. I guess this can be seen as a disadvantage of using a web based news group. :P
Rob Bader view profile more options Mar 25th 6:22pm
Hi Guys,
I'm under the impression Android is a programming language similar to Java. What actual uses does it have I must ask. ATM im simultaneously learning Java, C, C++, C# and UScript. How much more can it hurt to learn another ey? If its similar to any of these languages it should be pretty easy to pick up.
anyways thanks for the help.
-rob
My first attempt to copy this message ended badly as it had html elements, so i had to retype some parts such as the name etc. But you get the drift. I guess this can be seen as a disadvantage of using a web based news group. :P
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Lists
What are the pros and cons of email lists versus discussion boards?
Email lists are good, because you upload information and it automatically gets emailed to everyone on the list. And people generally check their emails regularly so thus you can be assured that at some point the person will receive the information sent. Discussion Boards on the other hand generally require the person to actively go the webpage where the Discussion board is and log in to view it. Most discussion boards have an option that an email notification is sent if someone adds to the discussion but in most cases this default option is set to off. I feel email lists are more effective for getting information across. Discussion boards have a more ordered feel to the subject at hand as the information is managed into threads with all messages related to the particular subject displayed in an ordered manner. In conclusion the purpose of Email Lists is to get important information across and Discussion Boards are more for people to discuss information at their own leisure.
Email lists are good, because you upload information and it automatically gets emailed to everyone on the list. And people generally check their emails regularly so thus you can be assured that at some point the person will receive the information sent. Discussion Boards on the other hand generally require the person to actively go the webpage where the Discussion board is and log in to view it. Most discussion boards have an option that an email notification is sent if someone adds to the discussion but in most cases this default option is set to off. I feel email lists are more effective for getting information across. Discussion boards have a more ordered feel to the subject at hand as the information is managed into threads with all messages related to the particular subject displayed in an ordered manner. In conclusion the purpose of Email Lists is to get important information across and Discussion Boards are more for people to discuss information at their own leisure.
Email Tasks
1. What information about a user's email, the origin of a message, and the path it took, can you glean from an email message?
Information such as the sender, the time and date the email was sent and the subject matter can all be inferred straight away from looking at the email in your inbox. If you open up the email and expand the header message, the complete path the email took will be shown.
2. In what cases would you find it useful to use the 'cc', 'bcc' and 'reply all functions of email?
CC stands for Carbon Copy, it would be used when you are sending an email to multiple people. If CC is used the receiver can see who else the email has been sent to. In certain cases it could be useful, eg. if you are sending a chain email to your friends, the CC function could come in handy, because when your friend goes to pass it on, if you have some contacts that are the same, your friend can then omit those contacts so as the secondary receiver doesn't receive multiple copies of the same email from you and your friend.
BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy, this would be used if you are sending an email to multiple people and do not wish the receiver to view the other addresses you sent it to. By using this it can help prevent your friends email addresses from circulating the internet and ending up on a spam list.
Reply All function can be used if you receive an email and feel you have a valuble contribution to everyone or all members of the recipient list need the information being sent.
3. In what ways can you ensure that an attachment you send will be easily opened by the receiver?
Send attachments that are usable by standard applications that come with most computers. If the attachment is of a different nature, you can always attach the software required if possible, or leave information instructing the receiver as to how to open the attachment.
4. What sorts of filters or rules do you have set up, and for what purpose?
I generally only use hotmail so i just make use of the standard filters and rules set by hotmail. These filter out email as to whether its junk or not. But I admit these arn't the best filters as on a number of occasions I have found important emails or emails from friends in my junk email folder. But you can't expect filters to work perfectly.
5. How have you organised the folder structure of your email and why?
In my email inbox, my email all comes in to my inbox and I sort the emails manually. I put all my registrations (usernames/passwords) into their own folder. I generally delete promotional material after reading through it. And I have a folder for all read emails.
Information such as the sender, the time and date the email was sent and the subject matter can all be inferred straight away from looking at the email in your inbox. If you open up the email and expand the header message, the complete path the email took will be shown.
2. In what cases would you find it useful to use the 'cc', 'bcc' and 'reply all functions of email?
CC stands for Carbon Copy, it would be used when you are sending an email to multiple people. If CC is used the receiver can see who else the email has been sent to. In certain cases it could be useful, eg. if you are sending a chain email to your friends, the CC function could come in handy, because when your friend goes to pass it on, if you have some contacts that are the same, your friend can then omit those contacts so as the secondary receiver doesn't receive multiple copies of the same email from you and your friend.
BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy, this would be used if you are sending an email to multiple people and do not wish the receiver to view the other addresses you sent it to. By using this it can help prevent your friends email addresses from circulating the internet and ending up on a spam list.
Reply All function can be used if you receive an email and feel you have a valuble contribution to everyone or all members of the recipient list need the information being sent.
3. In what ways can you ensure that an attachment you send will be easily opened by the receiver?
Send attachments that are usable by standard applications that come with most computers. If the attachment is of a different nature, you can always attach the software required if possible, or leave information instructing the receiver as to how to open the attachment.
4. What sorts of filters or rules do you have set up, and for what purpose?
I generally only use hotmail so i just make use of the standard filters and rules set by hotmail. These filter out email as to whether its junk or not. But I admit these arn't the best filters as on a number of occasions I have found important emails or emails from friends in my junk email folder. But you can't expect filters to work perfectly.
5. How have you organised the folder structure of your email and why?
In my email inbox, my email all comes in to my inbox and I sort the emails manually. I put all my registrations (usernames/passwords) into their own folder. I generally delete promotional material after reading through it. And I have a folder for all read emails.
Coming Back to Work
Ahhh, just got back from my holiday in the mountains, sucks to be back, gotta go back to work, but on the bright side now I can commence MODULE 2. WOO HOO!!!!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Applications
One thing i've noticed is we keep having to install a lot of these useful appz which i have to download and I never plan on using again, like come on that A-toolbar was the biggest piece of junk i've ever had. Ok maybe not the biggest, this is my cue to put something in that was a bigger piece of junk, but ive got nothing, so maybe it is the biggest. :P
Conclusion Module 1
Well that concludes module 1, yay! all done, only what 11 to go. :( hope everyone is going well. ill try to keep people posted in the discussions if i have alternate methods of completing some of the tasks as i have with module 1.
Tracing, the stuff you hear about in movies
Trace Route from local computer
the trace route was completed using the tracert command in the command prompt
Tracing route to systems.curtin.edu.au [134.7.179.56]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.1.1.1
3 25 ms 24 ms 27 ms sun19.ba.optusnet.com.au [198.142.129.39]
4 25 ms 24 ms 24 ms sun4-vl420.gw.optusnet.com.au [211.31.131.2]
5 25 ms 25 ms 25 ms ge1-25.33vsc76me1.optus.net.au [61.88.144.161]
6 82 ms 82 ms 82 ms 61.88.226.113
7 82 ms 82 ms 82 ms AARNET.o6ssc76fe.optus.net.au [61.88.166.134]
8 83 ms 82 ms 83 ms ge-1-0-3.bb1.b.per.aarnet.net.au [202.158.198.6]
9 82 ms 81 ms 82 ms gigabitethernet0.er1.curtin.cpe.aarnet.net.au [2
02.158.198.178]
10 82 ms 83 ms 82 ms gw1.er1.curtin.cpe.aarnet.net.au [202.158.198.18
6]
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 84 ms 85 ms 83 ms systems.curtin.edu.au [134.7.179.56]
Trace complete.
The number of hops was 2 less then the number of hops from the net tools site. The average hop time is much less with a maximum hop time being 85ms. And as you can see with the addresses all of them are end with the .au suffix meaning they are Australian servers. So as expected the trace route was quicker and less hops, and thus the ping was lower.
the trace route was completed using the tracert command in the command prompt
Tracing route to systems.curtin.edu.au [134.7.179.56]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.1.1.1
3 25 ms 24 ms 27 ms sun19.ba.optusnet.com.au [198.142.129.39]
4 25 ms 24 ms 24 ms sun4-vl420.gw.optusnet.com.au [211.31.131.2]
5 25 ms 25 ms 25 ms ge1-25.33vsc76me1.optus.net.au [61.88.144.161]
6 82 ms 82 ms 82 ms 61.88.226.113
7 82 ms 82 ms 82 ms AARNET.o6ssc76fe.optus.net.au [61.88.166.134]
8 83 ms 82 ms 83 ms ge-1-0-3.bb1.b.per.aarnet.net.au [202.158.198.6]
9 82 ms 81 ms 82 ms gigabitethernet0.er1.curtin.cpe.aarnet.net.au [2
02.158.198.178]
10 82 ms 83 ms 82 ms gw1.er1.curtin.cpe.aarnet.net.au [202.158.198.18
6]
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 84 ms 85 ms 83 ms systems.curtin.edu.au [134.7.179.56]
Trace complete.
The number of hops was 2 less then the number of hops from the net tools site. The average hop time is much less with a maximum hop time being 85ms. And as you can see with the addresses all of them are end with the .au suffix meaning they are Australian servers. So as expected the trace route was quicker and less hops, and thus the ping was lower.
Ping Pong
Ping Blackboard from http://network- tools.com/
Ping 134.7.180.137
[lms.curtin.edu.au]
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 251 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 244 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 243 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 243 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 242 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 247 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 242 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 241 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 239 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 241 ms
Average time over 10 pings: 243.3 ms
Ping from local computer
The ping was done using the Ping command in a command prompt.
C:\>ping -n 10 134.7.180.137
Pinging 134.7.180.137 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=113
Ping statistics for 134.7.180.137:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 83ms, Maximum = 84ms, Average = 83ms
Local average ping = 83ms Net Tools Average Ping = 243.3ms
As I suspected the average ping from the local computer was less then the ping from the net tools site. My reasoning for this belief was that my local computer was situated much closer to the Curtain university server and thus required less ‘travel time’ and needed to travel through less networks. The one from the net tools site would have had to go through several different networks before reaching the curtain website. I’m under the impression the net tools site is located in the US, thus it would have had to go through its own local network, then through its ISP, then to a server in the US, then a number of servers to reach an Australian server then navigate to the curtain server. A simple trace route confirms this, whereas it was 13 hops to reach the curtain server from the net tools site, it was only 11 hops from the local computer.
Ping 134.7.180.137
[lms.curtin.edu.au]
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 251 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 244 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 243 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 243 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 242 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 247 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 242 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 241 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 239 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 241 ms
Average time over 10 pings: 243.3 ms
Ping from local computer
The ping was done using the Ping command in a command prompt.
C:\>ping -n 10 134.7.180.137
Pinging 134.7.180.137 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=113
Reply from 134.7.180.137: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=113
Ping statistics for 134.7.180.137:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 83ms, Maximum = 84ms, Average = 83ms
Local average ping = 83ms Net Tools Average Ping = 243.3ms
As I suspected the average ping from the local computer was less then the ping from the net tools site. My reasoning for this belief was that my local computer was situated much closer to the Curtain university server and thus required less ‘travel time’ and needed to travel through less networks. The one from the net tools site would have had to go through several different networks before reaching the curtain website. I’m under the impression the net tools site is located in the US, thus it would have had to go through its own local network, then through its ISP, then to a server in the US, then a number of servers to reach an Australian server then navigate to the curtain server. A simple trace route confirms this, whereas it was 13 hops to reach the curtain server from the net tools site, it was only 11 hops from the local computer.
Internet Tools
I must admit i was surprised at the things that were being covered in this first module, I taught myself a lot of this stuff back when i first started using ICQ, in like year 7. any who heres my results for our next task
134.7.179.56 is from Australia(AU) in region Oceana
TraceRoute to 134.7.179.56 [curtin.edu.au]
Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name
1 11 42 160 72.249.0.65 -
2 7 8 11 207.88.185.37 207.88.185.37.ptr.us.xo.net
3 6 6 7 207.88.82.221 207.88.82.221.ptr.us.xo.net
4 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
5 46 50 42 129.250.2.168 as-2.r20.lsanca03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
6 44 52 40 129.250.5.254 po-1.r00.lsanca03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
7 50 48 53 204.1.253.166 -
8 195 197 204 202.158.194.157 so-4-0-0.bb1.b.syd.aarnet.net.au
9 205 210 218 202.158.194.33 so-2-0-0.bb1.a.mel.aarnet.net.au
10 213 213 216 202.158.194.17 so-2-0-0.bb1.a.adl.aarnet.net.au
11 241 237 237 202.158.194.5 so-0-1-0.bb1.a.per.aarnet.net.au
12 242 240 240 202.158.198.178 gigabitethernet0.er1.curtin.cpe.aarnet.net.au
13 243 244 248 202.158.198.186 gw1.er1.curtin.cpe.aarnet.net.au
14 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
15 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
16 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
17 256 240 241 134.7.179.56 systems.curtin.edu.au
Trace complete
Average hop time is 137
Number of Hops is 13
So therefore the average time in milliseconds between http://network- tools.com/ and the curtain website is 1781milliseconds
The IP address for the Host systems.curtain.edu.au is 134.7.179.56.
I had no problems with this task, as I have experience in using trace route in MSDOS using the Tracert command. It’s very interesting as you get a good understanding of how intricate the networks are and the means of how you access other servers, how many different routers your packets travel through to reach their destination. A good analogy of this world be say traveling from one side of the world to another. You can’t just travel on one plane. You have stop overs in different countries, these stop overs could be considered as being hops
134.7.179.56 is from Australia(AU) in region Oceana
TraceRoute to 134.7.179.56 [curtin.edu.au]
Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name
1 11 42 160 72.249.0.65 -
2 7 8 11 207.88.185.37 207.88.185.37.ptr.us.xo.net
3 6 6 7 207.88.82.221 207.88.82.221.ptr.us.xo.net
4 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
5 46 50 42 129.250.2.168 as-2.r20.lsanca03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
6 44 52 40 129.250.5.254 po-1.r00.lsanca03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
7 50 48 53 204.1.253.166 -
8 195 197 204 202.158.194.157 so-4-0-0.bb1.b.syd.aarnet.net.au
9 205 210 218 202.158.194.33 so-2-0-0.bb1.a.mel.aarnet.net.au
10 213 213 216 202.158.194.17 so-2-0-0.bb1.a.adl.aarnet.net.au
11 241 237 237 202.158.194.5 so-0-1-0.bb1.a.per.aarnet.net.au
12 242 240 240 202.158.198.178 gigabitethernet0.er1.curtin.cpe.aarnet.net.au
13 243 244 248 202.158.198.186 gw1.er1.curtin.cpe.aarnet.net.au
14 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
15 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
16 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
17 256 240 241 134.7.179.56 systems.curtin.edu.au
Trace complete
Average hop time is 137
Number of Hops is 13
So therefore the average time in milliseconds between http://network- tools.com/ and the curtain website is 1781milliseconds
The IP address for the Host systems.curtain.edu.au is 134.7.179.56.
I had no problems with this task, as I have experience in using trace route in MSDOS using the Tracert command. It’s very interesting as you get a good understanding of how intricate the networks are and the means of how you access other servers, how many different routers your packets travel through to reach their destination. A good analogy of this world be say traveling from one side of the world to another. You can’t just travel on one plane. You have stop overs in different countries, these stop overs could be considered as being hops
FTP
Ahhhh FTP, the fun i used to have back in the day, but we won't go there, might get a lawsuit on my hands, *cough* kopykatz *cough*
CAPITALIZATION MATTERS, Capitalization is the missing word. I’m familiar with using FTP as I used to use it to download a lot of files back when I first started using the internet. I admit I was unfamiliar with this program but it didn’t take me long to figure out how to use it. I feel that viewing an FTP through a web browser gives a better feel and understanding for FTP as it has a much more simplistic view to it.
CAPITALIZATION MATTERS, Capitalization is the missing word. I’m familiar with using FTP as I used to use it to download a lot of files back when I first started using the internet. I admit I was unfamiliar with this program but it didn’t take me long to figure out how to use it. I feel that viewing an FTP through a web browser gives a better feel and understanding for FTP as it has a much more simplistic view to it.
Module 1 Telnet
Well i guess this blog is in past tense considering I wrote my reflections and outcomes elsewhere before setting this up, so i guess ill do the ol' cut and paste job, hope you don't mind. hope I don't get marked down for it :P but here goes
Task A
I was familiar with telnet, used to use it back in my early days of the internet, mucking around, telnetting to friends ports and what not. So this task was quite simple for me, but I noticed that no matter what email I entered to print the list to, I never received the list. So I feel there is an issue on their end. I’ll record in later logs if I do in time receive the email showing the list. This task was quite simple, but by no means shows the true potential of Telnet. But as stated in the notes, Telnet is relatively obsolete. Most things these days have alternatives which are much more user friendly and more visually appealing then a collection of ASCII characters.
ahhh I can update here, I did recieve the email on my hotmail account, still don't know why it never came through to my curtin account, maybe because I keep spelling curtin as curtain. lol. my bad
Task B
After viewing this I was quite impressed, and realized some people live sad, sad lives. I actually watched the whole thing, I had to see the light saber battle between Obi wan and Darth Vader. Like a lot of programming languages, some people always manage to get more out of it then its developers ever imagined. And it’s people like this that take it to the limits and bring about change, bring about bigger and better things and raise the bar for the next generation. Being an avid gamer, I’ve always admired Steven Polge’s work, with his first creation of the Reaper Bot for the game Quake. (Bots are typically computer controlled characters that are meant to play as well, if not better then a human.) Before his reaper bot, other bots acted clumsily and played very poorly, whereas his bots acted human like, and changed the ways of gaming AI forever. I feel the best way to describe Telnet would be to compare it to Windows Remote Desktop, such as comparing QBasic to Visual Basic. Essentially both programs are intended for the similar purposes but both have a different look and feel to its predecessor with the newer ones having more features and being more powerful. Being able to complete more complex tasks in fewer commands.
Task A
I was familiar with telnet, used to use it back in my early days of the internet, mucking around, telnetting to friends ports and what not. So this task was quite simple for me, but I noticed that no matter what email I entered to print the list to, I never received the list. So I feel there is an issue on their end. I’ll record in later logs if I do in time receive the email showing the list. This task was quite simple, but by no means shows the true potential of Telnet. But as stated in the notes, Telnet is relatively obsolete. Most things these days have alternatives which are much more user friendly and more visually appealing then a collection of ASCII characters.
ahhh I can update here, I did recieve the email on my hotmail account, still don't know why it never came through to my curtin account, maybe because I keep spelling curtin as curtain. lol. my bad
Task B
After viewing this I was quite impressed, and realized some people live sad, sad lives. I actually watched the whole thing, I had to see the light saber battle between Obi wan and Darth Vader. Like a lot of programming languages, some people always manage to get more out of it then its developers ever imagined. And it’s people like this that take it to the limits and bring about change, bring about bigger and better things and raise the bar for the next generation. Being an avid gamer, I’ve always admired Steven Polge’s work, with his first creation of the Reaper Bot for the game Quake. (Bots are typically computer controlled characters that are meant to play as well, if not better then a human.) Before his reaper bot, other bots acted clumsily and played very poorly, whereas his bots acted human like, and changed the ways of gaming AI forever. I feel the best way to describe Telnet would be to compare it to Windows Remote Desktop, such as comparing QBasic to Visual Basic. Essentially both programs are intended for the similar purposes but both have a different look and feel to its predecessor with the newer ones having more features and being more powerful. Being able to complete more complex tasks in fewer commands.
5 best tips for bloggers
1) number one rule is never give out any personal details, I've heard of radio stations opening up bank accounts in peoples names from information on their myspace, so that's a big no-no
2) If your new to blogging, get a feel for it, seek out other blogs, know the blog, understand the blog, be the blog.
3) the blog is the digital extension of your own thoughts and reflections so use your own style, don't try to steal someone elses.
4) think about what you want your blog to be about, have headings that are meaningful to the body of text
5) and last but not least, your blog is like a child, don't leave it unattended, check up on it from time to time, raise it. :P
2) If your new to blogging, get a feel for it, seek out other blogs, know the blog, understand the blog, be the blog.
3) the blog is the digital extension of your own thoughts and reflections so use your own style, don't try to steal someone elses.
4) think about what you want your blog to be about, have headings that are meaningful to the body of text
5) and last but not least, your blog is like a child, don't leave it unattended, check up on it from time to time, raise it. :P
Hey Guys
Hmmmm, I prob should have gotten around to this sooner, but ive been sooooo busy. anyways heres my blog, hope you all like it. Now i have to transfer all my reflections from my word docu to this. Hope everyones enjoying the course, if anyone needs help with anything you can always email me at robert.bader@student.curtin.edu.au :D
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