Net 11 Module One Task B

 

Task B 

 

Telnet

The next task involved establishing a connection to towel.blinkinlights.nl via telnet.

Being a user of telnet this was just usual opening up a telnet connection, to my surprise this is what appeared.

Totally amazed that someone had spent so much time and also effort at putting such a great show forward in such a manner via a older method of online application, the person who wrote this really deserves a prize, without going into great detail, after logging in you were treated to some messages about the creation of the picture then it moved onto Star Wars via Ascii pictures, a very old way that is so similar to local bulletin board services used to be run when you would log into them.

In Summary :-

Telnet is a prime example of a excellent data application that would allow you to perform remote tasks on a distant machine or web server via giving you access via a username or password.

Telnet also has a creativity level that is not often seen on the Internet of today by allowing people to create such epic show as “Star Wars” via ascii creations.

We have come past ascii creations and moved on into the realm of digital creations on the Web, kinda reminds me of what is happening with our televisions going from a early stage of (BW) Black and White and now into (HD) High Definition.

Ascii Creations I originally encountered on BBS, Bulletin Board Services as means of  artistic manner,  your would dial into the service and the owner would have a picture on the main login page, then the first menu.

I never realized that they actually had a orgin over time into further studying articles on wikipedia to develop a true understanding towards them.

But the fact remains that some older applications may become redundant to some users, but not all users of the Internet.

Ftp

 

Due to the largness of the file and my screen, In order to view this file in full definition, you need to click on vimeo and then if you wish to expand the video file click on  then click on play.

With being a novice I am still learning the ropes and different aspects of bloggin daily and developing my skills as I learn these modules, the answer listed on the blog is lower definition but clearly states the same process as below.

I used WS_FTP version 6, I then logged into ftp to recall.curtin.edu.au and used as suggested the anonymous login. I downloaded the readme file and obtained the missing word in the following phrase “according to the readme file, ‘_______ MATTERS’ – what word goes in the blank?”.

“Capitilization Matters”

 

Internet Tools

 

Traceroute

Traceroute is a excellent application that can establish if your Internet session is having some issues within your route, some routers along the way to you, maybe not functioning correctly, this application can show you how bad the situation is.

We were asked then to use two sites, I picked out http://network- tools.com/ and then did a traceroute back to curtin.edu.au.

 How many hops are there?

Their were 18 hops with the last hop being curtin’s server, the ping fluctuated from 260ms to 282ms once leaving the United States, as greater the distance the more the ping develops over distance.

The last IP is that of the curtin.edu.au address 134.7.179.53

Ping

I was then asked to ping webct.curtin.edu.au 134.7.180.156

The result was less, due to the lesser the distance travelled and less amount of hops involved with the travel.

Tracert

I then completed the Vista Application Tracert to curtin.edu.au.

 

 

The sort of differences that you can observe are that since the distance is lesser the ping will be much more precise. As over distance ping increases from the original host as it has variety of routers to go threw in order to reach it’s target machine.

The difference between the early traceroute and this is that the machine was located in the United States therefore the ping will be greater over distance.  My machine is located in Brisbane Queensland Australia, therefore the ping to the curtain.edu.au machine would be a great deal less as the distance involved is a lot less to that of the United States.

There are lesser hops involved and more direct route would be used to the curtain campus than what is from the United States to the curtin.edu.au site.

Most important element of traceroute is that ping increases over the greater the distance from you to the machine you are tracing to.
 

Module 1 Task A

Task A

For the first task we had to use the alternative way to obtain records via using Telnet via logging into Deakin University library and doing a search on the library computer. My first job was to start searching on my computer too see if I had telnet enabled was my first goal, as I am using Windows Vista Premium Version.

Following the instructions on the website that stated Vista users may want to read this for more information http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/81b6d4b7-905e-4d70-8379-7934913fedb01033.mspx#EIC 

Then proceeded to enable the Telnet Function via using the recommended way off the microsoft website.

I clicked the Start button , clicked Control Panel, clicked Programs, and then clicked Turn Windows features on. I was not asked for administrator password as I have my system set up differently than most others. 

 

Then click OK. The installation will be rather quick.

 

I then clicked on Start ——> Accessories ——> Command Prompt— Telnet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Logged into the system and this was the first screen I received.

Asked to choose what kind of terminal I was on, being a previous user of Telnet application I picked VT100, I was then asked to confirm my choice.

After this screen disappeared the referencing screen showed up and I begain to select Search by Author which was selection A.

Then proceeded to the next screen that showed Search by Authors name I typed in Bennahum.

I then received the following results of the search.

I then proceeded to choose the P option for Print these titles, it then gave you 3 options hitting option 2) Email Printer and entered in my email address.

And the following results of the search were received, Task Completed.

Grasping this concept you can see that in cyberspace we have the capabilities, that need to be extended  more than just gettng out of the chair and heading towards the library, we have capabilities of achieving past this and going electronic and  into a new commerce of ebooks.

Developing these capabilties more gives a better developed societal framework and allows people to develop more time instead of less, we will all have the still same desirable need for information and a still be developed  via learning and reading from what used to be known as the written word,  would now be known as e-books.

Developing these online capabilties further not only have extend the capabilities of looking for books on the library mainframe but obtaining the ebooks online that we save a valid life resource of paper by using a more communication friendly soruce of  Asynchronous communication.

There are many aspects of developing these ideas further across the lines of virtual library the progression towards it would allow life changing aspects to occur for many people. E-Books are now popular along with libraries online, but this has been a slow task and many people are still favourites of the written word, but as our planet’s resources dry up, should it now be time for Governments to get a clear picture instead of a clouded idea and develop more aspects of this Internet Technology.