How Does The Internet Work? - Comments Page 1
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Please embellish on,"in the cloud / cloud storage." |
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Thanks, Bob, excellent explanation of a very complicated (and scary to mere mortals)subject. I've forwarded it to my 97 year old mother who doesn't know much about computers, but continues to try to learn. |
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What's the difference between the Internet and the WWW? With an internet connection can parts of the Internet which are outside of the WWW be accessed? With a browser? |
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I second Cheryl's comment and am particularly impressed by her 97 year old mum with whom I share an interest in learning for as long as I remain upright. For me your detailed explanation of the internet was TMI (too much information) and also I think your comment that your subscribers are good looking is a generalisation if not an exaggeration :) |
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Excellent. I would guess that part of the internet protocols is that the machines all agree to speak the same language. That way they understand each other just like we understand each other better when we speak the same language. My question regards a quote: "Data blocks rarely follow each other in single file over the same path...." Does this change when using HTTPS and or a VPN? My reason is trying to understand why my solutins to a problem worked. One of our banks will not allow a secure connection unless I turn off one of our ISP's at the router. My guess has been that the bank was recognizing some of the data packets was coming from two different ISP's. My solutions was to install a switch that allows me to disconnect one of the ISP's from the router and then reconnect when we're finished with that bank. Of course, if we were to upgrade our router to have connection tracking. |
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Thanks Bob, |
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I had always thought of the internet as the "Muhammed going to the Mountain" concept: Now you are telling me that it is more of a "Mountain coming to the Muhammed" corollary, which seems so inefficient. I will never again tell someone to "Go and Google it"! Argh! |
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Great, Bob! would you consider making a diagram of this, maybe 2 related diagrams, so we can have it handy? I would like to present it in a talk to my computer users' club. |
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OK, now explain how those packets get created, how the routers decide which is the best path, and how my computer puts them all into the proper order. Then explain how people write the code for all of this, and how the routers can do it all in 4.2psec while listening to everyone else. I can program a little bit, but I think magic is an apt description. Or perhaps Dr. Forbin is in a room somewhere. |
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Bob, I have been using the Internet since it first started, and I kinda know, in a general sort of way, how it all works. But that is the best straightforward and easy to understand presentation of it all that I have ever read. As I read your article it reminded me all over again of the incredible thing we all now take for granted so easily. Many thanks. |
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That sure is a great article. I am not sure how much of it will stay in my brain but while I was reading it I thought I understood most of it or just some of it. Thanks for all you do. |
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Thanks, Bob, very useful. I am also curious about how the internet is administered and financed. Who does the design, development, management, quality control, and who pays them/how are they paid? |
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Bob, this was so helpful to read. Thanks for explaining it in such a simple, concise way. |
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What a great explanation of such a complicated subject. Please ignore negative comments and follow through as asked by David. |
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@Tony Lighten Up a Bit! Mr. Rankin always provides us with things that are not "TMI" in my book as there are plenty of us who enjoy any and all information given (as we absorb how the Internet works)! Also: I happen to be good-looking . . . And? i |
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Your answers are always so informational, interesting and fun to read. That's why I've been reading your articles for over 10 years. Thanks! |
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So where are the 13 ROOT servers and who controls them? EDITOR'S NOTE: See http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=where+are+the+13+ROOT+servers+and+who+controls+them :-) |
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Tony said, "your comment that your subscribers are good looking is a generalisation if not an exaggeration :)" That is certainly not the case for all of us. :) |
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Thanks Bob, very interesting |
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Hi Bob, thanks for a good article. But I'm a little disappointed because I think you stopped just short of discussing the info that people like me really don't understand and are really curious about, once they know it exists. |
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