In the first activity I learned about what the internet is and the basics of the internet. I learned how we all are connected are by wires that literally are all around the world underground, and how you can get connected. In the first activity I also learned about the different connections such as ISDN and DSL. I learned about what ISPs are and how they work and what they’re for. This information is useful to know because in the future when I’m on my own, I’ll be able to know how to set up the internet, and what kind of connection I should use (recommended that I use WPA2). This information will also be useful for being able to find a good ISP, and to know the kind of services available. Also knowing how the internet is connected around the world will help me understand why some internet connections may be different in other countries.
In the second activity I learned about about IPs and geolocation. IP (Internet Protocol) addresses help identify a computer. Geolocation is used to tell where the computer is. I learned that IP address locations can be used to track where traffic on websites are coming from or to find spammers. After asking a question, I learned that not all routers support IPv6. The second link tried to find the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of my computer, but it didn’t find the IPv6, and that’s because my router doesn’t support IPv6.
In the third activity that I did, I learned how to use a traceroute command in order to figure out how to solve internet network issues. I also learned from this activity that your connection isn’t just directly to your computer but will go to many different networks, possibly across the world, before actually going to your computer. How this can be helpful in the future is if I need to figure out an issue to what is causing internet problems, and being able to find the solution.