The Beginning
This Blog is being created for my learning log for Curtin University unit NET11 for SP2 2009.
This is the first time I have ever blogged before so I was a bit unsure of what program to use. After reading some of the helpful suggestion from my classmates on the Curtin Student Discussion boards i decided to use WordPress. My first impressions of WordPress were really positive. The interface is a lot like a content management program that i used to use at Qantas called Teamsite. To begin with I had some issues working out how to add screen shots to Worldpress, but again after posting a question on the Curtin discussion board, I was helped out by my fellow class mates.
Top 5 tips for new bloggers
Below is a list of my top 5 tips for new bloggers
1 Ensure you post regularly
If you start a new blog you should always be committed to continually updating the blog, this will ensure that you will get some regular readers.
2 Always have a personal opinion
Your blog should give its readers an idea of who you are, so its important to be yourself.
3 Let people know about your blog
There is no use having a blog if no one is reading it, so get out there and tell people, start with a link on the bottom of any emails you send.
4 Reference your sources
Let your readers know where you get your information from and also link to it. So if they are interested in the topic they can read more about it.
5 Have a good time posting
Having a blog should not be hard work, so have fun.
Telnet Task A
I had used Telnet before in my previous job, however I had not used it in the way that was specified in the task. After searching on google for a telnet client. I choose ZOC / Pro 6.11. After it downloaded i was taken straight to the dialog box to enter the telnet address. Outcome was successful, email was very quick and Telnet user interface (very basic), was easy to understand and very user friendly. I enjoyed searching for some on my favorite books / Authors. When Telnet was first launched it would have been a great tool to use.I would consider using this type of tool as sometimes using the Internet you can get side tracked by all of the pop-up’s and ads. In today’s society we forget how much we rely on the Internet. I know i get frustrated when the sites I am trying to search for are down. Also in my previous employment at Qantas (looking after qantas.com). When the site was down it was important to get the site up ASAP as so many people rely on it.
Below is a screen shot of my received email and search on Telnet.
Telnet Task B
After reading the discussion board about about this exercise I was really looking forward to trying it my self. I was amazed. If this animation was done when Telnet was first conceived i bet it would have taken someone quite a while to create. Compared to the animations that are now done today it is very elementary, however we all have to start somewhere.
FTP Task
I have used Filezilla before in my previous role at qantas.com, Its a very useful tool when making changes to a website. As had many different developers working on projects, including developers in different countries.
The task was very useful, as I have not used Filezilla for quite a while and it jogged my memory on how to use it
according to the README file: CAPITALIZATION matters.
Internet Tools Tasks.
Traceroute
I choose to use the network tools website to complete this task. After doing this task I was amazed how many different ‘Hops’ are made to get from one site to another. In my example 18 ‘Hops’ where made. However 5 where timeout messages. The average time from begining to end was 38100 milliseconds (based on 10 searches).
I have been thinking about where this tool would be useful in everyday life. The only example i could think of is if a company has maybe 2 routers into its main server and one is down, they could use this tool to see that no traffic is being routed though that server.
Based on the information below gathered from network tools site the IP address for curtin is 134.7.179.56.
Further Exploration Tasks
After doing this task i was quite surprised that the web based tool (network-tools) was alot faster a Pinging the blackboard server. (results below). I was expecting the Tucows application to be alot faster. I had used pinged before to ping servers whist working for Qantas to see if they were up or down.
Ping results via network-tools:
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 255 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 256 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 259 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 263 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 257 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 256 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 256 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 257 ms
Round trip time to 134.7.180.137: 258 ms
Pinging results via Tucows
Traceroute Second task.
After using Tucows to trace the route from my PC to the Curtin server. The number of ‘Hops’ was only 17, which was only one less than the ‘Hops’ from the network-tools site, which I found quite interesting. I would have thought that the number of ‘Hops’ would have been greatly reduced as my location (Singapore) is closer to the Curtin servers. Also the trace time (based on my average) was also longer for the Tucows program, which after the last task i was expecting.
Tucows trace to Curtin.
