Episode 17 – Networking Routing & Addressing

Posted by Jack McKew on Fri 15 March 2019 in Engineering • Tagged with networking • 2 min read

Following last weeks post around network topologies, I believe the next topic to cover is routing and addressing. Routing is the process of selecting a path for traffic to flow through in a network while addressing is marking elements within a network. A real-world example of routing and addressing is …


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Episode 16 - Networking Basics

Posted by Jack McKew on Fri 08 March 2019 in Engineering • Tagged with networking • 3 min read

A network is defined as “A network is a collection of computers, servers, mainframes, network devices, peripherals, or other devices connected to one another to allow the sharing of data”. There are various configurations of networks for specific design scenarios as represented in:

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Typical residential home networks are configured in …


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