Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Day 17

My current IP address is 152.33.48.254.
I looked up the company my dad works for on networksolutions.com. His website is www.bottles.com, and when I searched this is could see his company Custom Bottle, Inc. They registered the domain in 1996 and it expires in 2010. The link to this information is http://www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/bottles.com. One of the employees is also listed as the contact person.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Day 16

The word I was sent is Willywaw. According to yourdictionary.com, willywaw is a noun meaning a sudden, violent, cold wind blowing down from mountain passes toward the coast in far northern or southern latitudes, as on the Alaskan coast and Aleutians, and in the Strait of Magellan. It can also mean a state of extreme confusion, turmoil, or agitation. The word I was trying to send is cudweeds, which are any of several composite plants with silky or woolly foliage.

It took me a very long time to send my message. It seemed that someone always spoke right as I was about to, or I would get into a collision when trying to send my message. I was one of the last people to successfully send my entire message. I thought it was much easier to receive a message than send one. When receiving, you need to pay attention but the person sending me a message was very good at talking slowly and getting the message through clearly. There were so many collisions that sending the message was very hard. I also had to be careful when saying my message to make sure I spoke slowly enough for the person receiving it.

Some problems were that everyone spoke at the same time. You also had people who would get into a collision but would keep trying rapidly, not elaving anyone else time to send their message It seemed there were a few people who were very prominent in trying to get their message through loudly and aggressively. Another problem was that people spoke too quickly for their receiver. I thought the best way to solve this was to go in a circle around the room. That way, everyone would get a turn to say and recieve their message. No matter what, there may be issues or collisions, but this is probably the most efficient way to get messages across.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Networking problems

In a bus topology, addressing and communication conflicts are complicated but must be solved. With the problem of addressing, one solution could be to name each computer distinctly with a number. This would help with sending a message to a certain computer. It would be important not to repeat numbers, so that your message could be delivered to the correct destination.

Communication gets complicated because the wires in the network must handle many different tasks at once. To help prioritize what messages gets transfered first, you could assign priority to each computer. Each computer would have a number as their name, which also could correspond to how important they are or how fast their messages get sent. For example, in a classroom, the teacher's computer would be named number one becasue it is most important and probably needs to do the most work. Adding more wires so that more information can flow would also be helpful.