MIS420-Chapter 16 Connecting to the Internet
What is the Internet?
Internet - network of networks (check http://www.nw.com for statistics)
What Does the Internet Have to Offer?
- e-mail & mailing lists (listservs)
- newsgroups
- ftp
- telnet
- gopher
- irc
- www
- i-phone
- push technologies
Understanding Internet Addresses
e-mail: username@computer.organization.domain
www(URLs - Uniform Resource Locator): http://computer.organization.domain/path/file
newsgroups: domains - alt/comp/misc/news/rec/sci/soc/talk
Options for Connecting to the Internet
- install modem & access through AOL, CompuServ, etc.
- install modem & access through an ISP
- install modem server
- use a dedicated high speed connection to the Internet through an ISP
- ISDN - 56Kbps
- T1 - 1.544Mbps
- T3 - 45Mbps
Setting Up an Internet Site
- requires web server (either locally or through an ISP)
- requires a "homepage"
- must be online 24hrs/day
- may need a firewall
