Let me start off today’s post by saying wow, that was fun. We finally got to do some hands on work in the command prompt and it was quite a treat to get away from the usual slideshow’s and lectures.

Everything went so smoothly in class today. I think there are a couple of reasons for this. The first reason being; I had an extra cup of coffee today which kept me in the zone! Beside this, taking notes yesterday, editing them, and posting them up for you all to see really made everything stick! For those of you who have started to read my blog, I accredit you to such a wonderful lesson, and thank you for helping me learn! I highly recommend you take as many notes as need be in your future study sessions. Taking notes can help you remember everything, and also gives you a resource to look back on. If you’re too lazy to do this, just click on my notes at the bottom of the post and have a good look over them as you go along with your studies.

So today we jumped head first into defining TCP, and UDP, we had some of the normal every day boring graphs explaining things such as: The characteristics of TCP, which has to do with flow control, and is, connection oriented, as well as Reliable. Then we took a look at UDP, which is lightweight and connectionless. From there we went into the technicalities of TCP’s 3 way handshake, and the 4 way disconnect.

Where the class got really interesting is when we finally opened up the command prompt. We did an exercise that allowed us to see sources that were connecting to our device through TCP! It was so awesome to see everything out in writing! I’ve included this exercise in the notes for you all to give a look at! I’m sure you’ll enjoy it just as much as I did. It’s really awesome to start applying the things we’re learning in our Introduction To Networking class!

Now know, you don’t have to take the same class as me to follow along with my blog posts. Most introductory courses, and books, have a very similar layout of lessons. This blog is meant to be a resource and motivation for everyone getting into networking and should be able to help you in one way or another on your very own adventures into networking.

Thank you so much for reading, I wish you all well on your adventures!

Tonight’s notes include the command prompt exercise, in writing, at the very bottom of the document-Notes day 4