Introduction to Networking: How the Internet Works
The goal of this book is to provide a basic understanding of the technical design and architecture of the Internet. The book is aimed at all audiences – even those with absolutely no prior technical experience or math skills. The Internet is an amazingly beautiful design and should be understood by all who use it. There is supporting material for the book at www.net-intro.com.
Episodes
20 episodes
Introduction - Networks and Packets
This is part of the book "Introduction to Networking" at www.net-intro.comUsing the Internet seems pretty easy. We go to a web address and up comes a page. Or we go to our favorite social site and see pictures of our friends, families, ...
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Episode 1
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12:51
Network Architecture
This is part of the book "Introduction to Networking" at www.net-intro.comTo engineer and build a system as complex as the Internet, engineers try to break a single challenging problem into a set of smaller problems that can be solved i...
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18:36
Link Layer
This is part of the book "Introduction to Networking" at www.net-intro.comThe lowest layer of our Internet Architecture is the Link layer. We call it the "lowest layer" because it is closest to the physical network media. Often the Link...
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11:02
Internetworking Layer (IP)
This is part of the book "Introduction to Networking" at www.net-intro.comNow that we can move data across a single link, it's time to figure out how to move it across the country or around the world. To send data from your computer to ...
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29:03
The Domain Name System
This is part of the book "Introduction to Networking" at www.net-intro.comThe Domain Name System lets you access websites by their domain name like (www.net-intro.com), so you don't have to keep a list of numeric Internet Protocol (IP) ...
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4:37
Transport Layer
This is part of the book "Introduction to Networking" at www.net-intro.comThe next layer up from the Internetworking layer is the Transport layer. A key element of the Internetworking layer is that it does not attempt to guarantee deliv...
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12:25
Application Layer
This is part of the book "Introduction to Networking" at www.net-intro.comWe have been working from the bottom to the top of our four-layer TCP/IP network model and we are finally at the top. The Application layer is where the net...
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19:15
Secure Transport Layer
This is part of the book "Introduction to Networking" at www.net-intro.comIn the early days of the Internet, networks were small and all of the routers were in secure locations. As long as each computer connected to the Internet protect...
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14:19
The OSI Model
This is part of the book "Introduction to Networking" at www.net-intro.comSo far we have spent all of our time describing the four-layer model used to design and implement the TCP/IP protocols and applications that make up the Internet....
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Episode 9
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8:01