Listen "62: Send It Into The Void Baby"
Episode Synopsis
John tackles how the internet works - the most requested topic as voted by Pragmatic listeners in this, the penultimate episode of the show.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Stickers Direct Links:
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Previous Related Episodes:
Pragmatic Episode 16: One Mans Hopes And Dreams Of An RF Bubble
Pragmatic Episode 27: Military Software
Pragmatic Episode 55: Cautiously Concerned
Historical Overviews:
History of the Internet
A Brief History of the Internet
Token Rings:
Token Rings
How Token Ring Works
OSI and TCP/IP Stacks:
TCP/IP Protocol Fundamentals
OSI model
The Physical Layer:
Ethernet Physical Layer
Ethernet Over Twisted Pair
Exponential Backoff
Twisted Pair
Addressing:
MAC address
What are MAC addresses and how are they used?
Guidelines for Use Organizationally Unique Identifier and Company ID
IEEE Registration Authority
IPv6: An Unreachable Wall?
How ARP Works
Subnetwork
Intranets and Firewalls:
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Private Network
Address Allocation for Private Internets
Private network
Network Address Translation
I Have a Router, Do I Need a Firewall?
About the OS X Application Firewall
Firewalls
Backbones and ISP Backhaul Costs:
Nortel OC-192 10-GBIT/S Transport Platform
Packet over SONET/SDH
Synchronous Optical Networking
Internet Transit Prices - Historical and Projections
Internet Cost Structures and Interconnection Agreements
Domains:
Domain Name System
Global DNS Propagation Checker
List of DNS Record Types
Country Code Top-level Domain
Using the Google Public DNS
World Wide Web:
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTP/2
Web Servers Popularity by Ranking
Related Links:
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McMansion
Octet (computing)
Port (computer networking)
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Pragmatic Sticker: Small
Pragmatic Sticker: Large
TechDistortion Sticker: Small
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Previous Related Episodes:
Pragmatic Episode 16: One Mans Hopes And Dreams Of An RF Bubble
Pragmatic Episode 27: Military Software
Pragmatic Episode 55: Cautiously Concerned
Historical Overviews:
History of the Internet
A Brief History of the Internet
Token Rings:
Token Rings
How Token Ring Works
OSI and TCP/IP Stacks:
TCP/IP Protocol Fundamentals
OSI model
The Physical Layer:
Ethernet Physical Layer
Ethernet Over Twisted Pair
Exponential Backoff
Twisted Pair
Addressing:
MAC address
What are MAC addresses and how are they used?
Guidelines for Use Organizationally Unique Identifier and Company ID
IEEE Registration Authority
IPv6: An Unreachable Wall?
How ARP Works
Subnetwork
Intranets and Firewalls:
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Private Network
Address Allocation for Private Internets
Private network
Network Address Translation
I Have a Router, Do I Need a Firewall?
About the OS X Application Firewall
Firewalls
Backbones and ISP Backhaul Costs:
Nortel OC-192 10-GBIT/S Transport Platform
Packet over SONET/SDH
Synchronous Optical Networking
Internet Transit Prices - Historical and Projections
Internet Cost Structures and Interconnection Agreements
Domains:
Domain Name System
Global DNS Propagation Checker
List of DNS Record Types
Country Code Top-level Domain
Using the Google Public DNS
World Wide Web:
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTP/2
Web Servers Popularity by Ranking
Related Links:
Right-to-left
McMansion
Octet (computing)
Port (computer networking)
Support Pragmatic on PatreonEpisode sponsors:Lynda.com:
Lynda.com is the easy and affordable way to learn where you can instantly stream thousands of courses created by experts in their fields of business, software, web development, graphic design and lots more. Visit the URL below to get a free 10-day trial. If you’ve ever wanted to learn something new, what are you waiting for?
Visit lynda.com/pragmaticto learn more.Shopi:
Shopi is a collaborative shopping list app that’s simple and easy to use with great features like pocket-lock, smart ordering and real-time collaborative updating. A shopping list is a special To Do list and Shopi addresses that use case very well. It’s ad-free for the first month so why not check it out.
Visit sapient-pair.com/pragmaticto learn more.
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