Module 1: File transfer Protocol (FTP)

I finally have a little confidence, I managed to do this task with no hiccups at all. File transfer protocol is something i use everyday as an avid Internet user, especially with my love of photographs and being so far from my family, so I understand the importance of being able to send files in a quick and secure manner.

The answer to the task: Capitalisation Matters!!!

Module 1: Telnet

After having downloaded two different Telnet programmes, both of which I could not make any sense out of I finally took the advice of a fellow student and downloaded CRT3.0. I am finally in the game!!

As I understand it, Telnet is similar to a search engine, allowing me (the Telnet client) to communicate with a remote computer, in this case, the Deakin library database computer. So I am able to sit infront of a computer anywhere in the world and send commands to the Deakin Library in Perth, which is amazing!

I have found Windows inbuilt "help" on my computer very helpful in clarifying issues I am a bit fuzzy with.

deakin book search
You searched for the AUTHOR: bennahum
2 AUTHORS found, with 2 entries; entries 1-2 are: LOCATIONS
Bennahum David A 1936
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1 Managed care : financial, legal, and ethical M
Bennahum Ninotchka
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2 Dance & community : Congress on Research in M

I have to admit that while I understand the basics behind having just done that exercise, I am not quite sure how i would apply it in my everyday internet use, I will see if I can get a better understanding by looking up some more information and letting you know!

Troubleshooting

Since NET11 started all I have had is trouble with my Internet, today it is finally solved! I am connected and ready to go, although I can not help but notice everyone else is now very much ahead of me!

I would like to start by talking about the discussion forums, I was a little sceptical at first at not having a tutor by our side in the physical sense, but now I have had a chance to browse through them, and meet some of my fellow students I am a lot more confident. My fellow students are teaching my something new everyday, it is like having ten brains at work instead of just the one.

I fear that I may be looked upon as unintelligent when it comes to the Internet, and I can tell you that the past few days that is the way I felt, extremely unintelligent, but that is not the case, this is something I have not yet learnt, and it is by our mistakes that we learn, so mistakes I will make and lessons I will learn!

The beginning of something big!

This is the first blog I have ever created; that is, whilst actually being aware that I am doing it (as I am now aware that I actually have quite a few blogs on the Internet in different formats). I have used this www2.blogger.com simply because it was easy, I know that seems a bit of a cop out, but I am feeling a little out of my depth when it comes to the big wide world of Internet communication, so I plan to take it slow and absorb as much information as possible.

I was surprised at how easy it was to communicate with everyone in this course, it actually seems friendlier , dare I say it, than being at university. There is a definite difference in confidence, people are not as shy when they are not facing each other.

I finally feel like I have achieved something, so with this new found confidence Im going to go re attempt my first task!