UNDERSTANDING BITS AND BYTES The behavior of a computer is based on some specific commands or instructions in other to process data efficiently. In our today’s, environment, computers are one of the most enthusiastic devices that enables communication, provide education and shares information in this part of our world and hence these devices are now-a-days…

Network Topologies Building up a network in an environment comes in handy with a topology. One may ask what is a topology? A topology is a layout, virtual shape of the network. And a topology can be classified in two forms namely: Physical or logical topology. The physical topology of a network can be referred…

Twisted-Pair Cable Categories In an environment where twisted pair cables are used, a pair of wires form a circuit, that can transmit data and this is done to minimize cross-talk, which is a phenomenon where data on one cable creates an undesired effect on the nearby cable. The twisted pair cable is a commonly used…

Networking command line tools for troubleshooting. Networking command line tools are very essential in our everyday life activities as IT personnel’s, so to troubleshoot a problem in a networking environment, here are some of the command line tools that comes in handy for troubleshooting. IPCONFIG: It is used to view TCP/IP configuration in the windows…

  The OSI-Model (Open System Interconnection) is a reference model for how applications can communicate over a network and was developed by the International Standard Organization (ISO) is 1984. A reference model is a conceptual framework for understanding relationships. The TCP/IP protocols, which defines the internet, do not map cleanly to the OSI-Model. This model…