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COMPSCI 111/111G: Exercise Sheet

A circuit-switching network creates a direct connection between sender and receiver to exchange data, while a packet-switching network breaks messages into packets that are sent through nodes and reassembled at the receiver. ARPANET was the first packet-switching network, developed in 1969 to allow researchers to remotely access computers. Key events were: 1) Sputnik launched 1957, 2) TCP/IP developed in the 1970s, 3) DNS created in 1984, 4) WWW created in 1989. A LAN has a radius of 1km while a WAN is over 1km. Network protocols establish communication rules between computers. Examples are TCP for packet transmission and FTP for file transfer. A Domain Name Server looks

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COMPSCI 111/111G: Exercise Sheet

A circuit-switching network creates a direct connection between sender and receiver to exchange data, while a packet-switching network breaks messages into packets that are sent through nodes and reassembled at the receiver. ARPANET was the first packet-switching network, developed in 1969 to allow researchers to remotely access computers. Key events were: 1) Sputnik launched 1957, 2) TCP/IP developed in the 1970s, 3) DNS created in 1984, 4) WWW created in 1989. A LAN has a radius of 1km while a WAN is over 1km. Network protocols establish communication rules between computers. Examples are TCP for packet transmission and FTP for file transfer. A Domain Name Server looks

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COMPSCI 111/111G Internet 01

COMPSCI 111/111G

Internet 01
Exercise Sheet
Exercise 1: What is the difference between circuit switching networks and packet switching networks?

A circuit-switching network creates a direct connection between the sender


and receiver over which data is exchanged. In a packet-switching network,
the sender's message is broken down into packets. These packets are sent
along the nodes in the network to the receiver. After getting the packets, the
receiver assembles the packets and reads the message.

Exercise 2: What was ARPANET?

ARPANET was a packet-switching network developed by ARPA in 1969. The


aim of ARPANET was to further research into computer technology by
allowing researchers to remotely access computers.

Exercise 3: Put the following events into chronological order: WWW created, Sputnik launched, DNS cre-
ated, TCP/IP developed.

1) Sputnik launched
2) TCP/IP developed
3) DNS created
4) WWW created

Exercise 4: What is the difference between a LAN and a WAN?

A Local Area Network is a network with a radius of 1km. However a Wide


Area Network is a network with a radius of over 1km.

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Exercise 5: What do network protocols do?

Network protocols are a set of rules which govern how computers communicate
with each other over a network. An example of a network protocol is TCP/IP.

Exercise 6: Give two examples of protocols used on the Internet and state what each protocol is used for.

There are a wide range of answers, one possible answer is:


1) TCP: used by the sender to break messages into packets, and by the receiver
to ensure all packets have arrived so the packets can be reassembled to form
the message
2) FTP: used for transferring files over the Internet

Exercise 7: Explain, in your own words, what a Domain Name Server does.

A Domain Name Server is responsible for looking up a domain name and


returning the associated IP address and vice versa

Exercise 8: Imagine that a friend has three different computers in their home and they wanted to connect
them all to the Internet. What hardware would you recommend that they purchase? Draw a diagram showing
how the hardware would connect the machines to the Internet.

Computer 1

Router
Computer 2 Phone
and
jack
modem

Computer 3

ISP

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