Network Protocols, Anyone?

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Network Protocols, Anyone? All the network cables and wireless radios in the world would be useless without communication protocols - then language of computer networks. They may be foreign but these aren't the kind of languages you hear spoken in cafes at exotic locations around the world. Bradley Mitchell Wireless/Networking Expert How Computer Networks Work: An Introduction to Protocols Assembling the physical pieces of a computer network by itself is insufficient to make it function – connected devices also require a method of communication. These communication languages are called network protocols. READ NOW Share What Is Packet Switching on Computer Networks? Packet switching is the approach used by some computer network protocols to deliver data across a local or long distance connection. Examples of packet switching protocols are Frame Relay, IP, and X.25. READ NOW Share The IP Address Survival Guide IP addresses are the fundamental method for computers to identify themselves on most computer networks. Every computer (or other network device) connected to the Intenet has an IP address. This tutorial explains the basics of finding, changing, and hiding IP addresses. READ NOW Share Who Created the Internet? Get your Al Gore and Abraham Lincoln jokes ready.Behold the creators of the Internet revealed! READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • Norway to Dump FM - Radio Trolls Still Out of Luck • Take Pictures of Board Notes Then Save to Evernote • A Full Review of FreeUndelete, a Free Data Recovery Tool • Games in the Grand Theft Auto Series • Turn Your iPad Into a Scanner • Twitter & StarWars release #StarWarsEmojis - here's how to use them • Want a Better Mobile Browser? Consider Opera and Opera Mini • Select Rows, Columns, and Worksheets in Excel with Shortcut Keys Advertisement About Tech   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Wireless/Networking newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved