Part 2 book “Head first networking” has contents: Bringing things together - connecting networks with routers, it’s a matter of protocol - routing protocols, names to numbers - the domain name system, working without wires - wireless networking, you gotta have a plan - designing networks, and other contents. | 6 connecting networks with routers Bringing Things Together I thought we had such a great connection. Need to a get a network connection to a place far, far away? So far, we’ve shown you the ins and outs of how you get a single network up and running. But what do you do if you need to share resources with some other network? That’s where routers come into their own. Routers specialize in seamlessly moving network traffic from one network to another, and in this chapter you’ll learn exactly how they do that. We’ll show you how to program your router, and how the router itself can help you troubleshoot any problems. Keep reading, and you’ll find it’s out of this world. this is a new chapter 205 Download at to the moon! Networking Walking on the moon Houston, this is Moonbase. The Network Pro has landed. The Moonbase is a NASA command center that’s been set up on the moon, and they need to establish a video connection with the International Space Station (ISS). There’s just one problem— there’s no network on the Moonbase to allow them to communicate with it. Think you can help them out? 206 Chapter 7 Download at connecting networks with routers . Start your moon network by connecting up the devices below into a network that will allow communications on the Internet using the radio. Radio to ISS Router Network switch you are here 4 207 Download at connect these devices Start your moon network by connecting up the devices below into a network that will allow communications on the Internet using the radio. There are only 2 connections on the router one for our network, and , one for the ISS network connected throug the radio. Router All of the Moon network devices are connected to the switch. Network switch 208 Chapter 6 Download at Radio to ISS connecting networks with routers The physical network is the hardware such as the cables, switches, hubs, and routers. We need to connect two .
