Question Time – IP Networks

Feeling confident with your computing knowledge of IP Networks?

Watch these video clips about IP Networks and the Internet and spend a few minutes to answer or research the following questions:

What are the differences between an IP address and a MAC address?

Why is 128.264.107.32 not a valid IP address?

Why does the Internet need to be upgraded from IPv4 to IPv6?

What is the maximum number of devices that we can connect on the Internet at the same time (using IPv4)?

How many unique addresses can we generate using IPv6?

How does internet data travel accross the Atlantic Ocean?

Does it take longer to download a file from a sever located in Australia or in Europe?

Who owns and maintains the data cables (e.g. optic fibres) used by the Internet?

Who owns and maintains the Domain Name Servers used by the Internet?

Who are ICANN and what do they do? (What’s about Nominet?)

Why is packet switching a lot more effective than circuit switching for Internet traffic?

What is the typical or average size of a data packet on the Internet when using the HTTP protocol?

What is the typical or average size of a data packet on the Internet when using the SMTP protocol?

Is packet switching more secure than circuit switching?

What are the differences between normal phone calls and voiceOverIP phone calls using services such as Skype?

What is the difference between the Internet and the Web?

How does Google search the entire web in just a few milliseconds?

What is the Google Page Rank algorithm used for and how does it work?

Using the above links can you answer the following questions?

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