Module One Tasks Continued

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)


Module One Ftp Answer from Christopher McGilvery on Vimeo.

For a clearly defined (HD)(High Definition) answer please click on Module One Ftp Answer you will then be re-directed to the vimeo website, the click on expand picture button, which is the last button located on the right side of the video browser.

With being a novice I am still learning the ropes and developing my skills as I learn these modules, the answer listed on the blog is lower definition but clearly states the same process as below.

I used WS_FTP version 6, I then logged into ftp to recall.curtin.edu.au and used as suggested the anonymous login.

I downloaded the readme file and obtained the missing word in the following phrase "according to the readme file, '_______ MATTERS' - what word goes in the blank?".

"Capitilization Matters"

Ftp application is easy to use, this application transfers files around the Internet from one site to the next and their are many various types of this application for example flashfxp,wsftp and microsoft ftp.

Internet Tools :-

Traceroute

Traceroute is a excellent application that can establish if your Internet session is having some issues within your route, some routers along the way to you, maybe not functioning correctly, this application can show you how bad the situation is.


We were asked then to use two sites, I picked out http://network- tools.com/ and then did a traceroute back to curtain.edu.au.

How many hops are there?

Their were 18 hops with the last hop being curtin's server, the ping fluctuated from 260ms to 282ms once leaving the United States, as greater the distance the more the ping develops over distance.



The last IP is that of the curtin.edu.au address 134.7.179.53

I was then asked to ping webct.curtin.edu.au 134.7.180.156


The result was less, due to the lesser the distance travelled and less amount of hops involved with that travel.

I then completed the Vista Application Tracert to curtin.edu.au.



The sort of differences that you can observe are that since the distance is lesser the ping will be much more precise. As over distance ping increases from the original host as it has variety of routers to go threw in order to reach it's target machine.

The difference between the early traceroute and this is that the machine was located in the United States therefore the ping will be greater over distance.

My machine is located in Brisbane Queensland Australia therefore the ping to the curtain.edu.au machine would be a lot less as the distance involved is a lot less to that of the United States.

There are lesser hops involved and more direct route would be used to the curtain campus than what is from the United States to the curtain.edu.au site.

Most important element of traceroute is that ping increases over the greater the distance from you to the machine you are tracing to.