How Internet Infrastructure Works
Acronym Party!!
sooo...Let me get this straight:
ISP - internet service provider
POP - point of presence
NAP - network access point
IP - internet protocol (address)
DNS - domain name system
URL - uniform resource locater
FTP - file transfer protocol
HTTP - hypertext transfer protocol
Google Video
What amazes me is how Google is constantly putting out amazing products. From what I've read about the perks of working at Google, it's a miracle any work gets done there.
Muddiest Point
I'm getting a better understanding about how computer networks are set up but I'm having trouble understanding how routers work. I know their basic function, but I just don't get how they filter the information that comes through and know what to send where.
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all packets travel on the network has information about its destination IP address, router use that information to help it decide where to forward the packets.
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