Post 4

The purpose of an ethernet cable is to connect your computer to a network, such as the internet.

1. Get materials
-Networking cable
-2 RJ-45 jacks
-Cable cutting pliers
2. pull cable out of box to desired length
3. strip a small portion of the insulation on the networking cable, about ¾ an inch
4. untwist and spread the wires out
-order of wires (left to right)
-light orange
-dark orange
-light green
-dark blue
-light blue
-dark green
-light brown
-dark brown
5. clip part facing down, you insert the wires in the correct order. Each wire has its own slot
6. make sure the gold on the cables are touching the gold on the RJ-45 jack
7. use the pliers to clamp down the RJ-45 jack
8. repeat steps 2-8 on the other end

Creating an ethernet cable was not hard at all for me. It can get annoying because there are so many places that you can mess up such as that the wires have to be in a certain order. I messed up once by flipping the wires the opposite way they were supposed to go in. I should have been more careful. It is really easy to build a cord, just make sure you double and triple check everything, including the order of the wires.

Post number 3

A network is a group of computers that are connected that can share information. We need a network to have access to the internet and it is very useful in schools and buisnesses..
The four benefits of using a network are:
Information sharing, hardware sharing, software sharing, collaberative enviornment
Differentiate between WANs and LANs.
WAN is a wide area network composed of local area networks LANS. LAN is used in a small geographical area while WAN can be as big as you want it.
three common network topologies are:
Ring, Bus, and Star





Four examples of network operation system software are:
JUNOS, Novell Netware, Linux, Cisco IOS

post 2

Four people were indicted of obtaining and releasing copyrighted music on the internet. They were charged with one count indictment from being upper level members of a music piracy group called "Rabid Neurosis." Members of this association were granted access to thousands of pirated music, software, and videogames before their release date. If convicted, these 4 people face a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release, as well as possible orders of restitution.

Post numero uno

The purpose of a blog is i guess to inform other people on whatever your blog is about. Blogs are really only good for infomation, but they might not be 100% safe. If you put personal information on it and even if you take the proper security measures theres still a chance that someone might find it. There are extremely good hackers out there that could easily hack into your blog and take some of your personal information. I do not see how blogs could be an educational tool, what are you going to do? You could ask certain questions but there are other methods better than a blog such as blackboard.