Week |
Exercise |
Teacher Comments |
Your Findings or Remarks |
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View http://billslater.com and find something interesting out there. | Your class materials for the entire class at: http://billslater.com/inetclas.htm |
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Read some previous reviews of this class. | Check out: http://billslater.com/ifall97.htm |
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Use ping to determine the IP address of the Whitehouse. How long did it take the whitehouse's server to respond? | At the DOS Prompt: ping whitehouse.gov |
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Do a trace route to some place on the East or West Coast. Do a trace route to some place in another country. | Example, at the DOS Prompt: tracert whitehouse.gov |
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For those with e-mail, go to and get your own free lifetime e-mail address. | Free! | |
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Name the five most common top level domain quailifiers used in North America. | These are the ones which have three letters each and are descriptive as to the type of domain they are used for. | |
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Use WHOIS to find: One Name which is Available One Name which is Not Available |
Check out: http://rs.internic.net/cgi-bin/whois |
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4 |
Use a search engine to discover five sources of information for something you are very interested in. | Some of the best Search Engines are: http://www.hotbot.com http://www.altavista.digital.com http://www.yahoo.com http://www.excite.com http://www.lycos.com http://www.webcrawler.com http://www.infoseek.com |
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4 |
Complete the Internet Questionaire at http://billslater.com. | Check out: http://billslater.com/iq_97.htm |
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Find the Library of Congress on the Web. | Use a Search Engine to find this. | |
5 |
Find one of the higher numbered RFCs and print it out. | Knowing how and where to find this can make you popular at your company. | |
5 |
Buy something from a web based business or make a reservation at a web based business. | Good web sites to buy stuff online:http://amazon.com
http://www.egghead.com
http://www.cdw.com
http://onsale.com |
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6 |
Create a simple home page. | I will teach some basic HTML which can be saved to disk and viewed in a browser. Also, you may go to to register for and create your own free web page. | |
6 |
Research the tort law case of Slater v. Dan Paolini and record your observations about online behavior. | Use a Search Engine to find this. Your best bet will be Hotbot and/or AltaVista. | |
*** Extra Credit *** |
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6 |
Name the six or seven NEW top level domain qualifiers which are being proposed by the AlterNIC | These are also descriptive as to the type of domain they are used for. | |
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Describe three differences between IPv4 and IPv6. | IPv6 is also known as IP Next Generation |
Copyright 1998, by William F. Slater, III, Chicago, IL, USA
E-Mail Me Last Updated: September 6, 1998By Bill Slater, Internet Teacher, Consultant and Webmaster
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