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Part of the math department will move into the building, but they will also retain their current space in Milner. i? editor 3 editor editor ’ ’hotoeditoi Sections edit# n, Angela NeM imirez Melissa Megtt ine semesleis i* ; is), al Texas AW A&M Unlvrt- ivision of SroC Donald Buil ■» MON 4/25 TUE 4/26 WED 4/27 THU 4/28 I SUN 5/1 MON 5/2 ELEN. 306 Test Review RHYS. 219 Test Review CH 29 - 30 RHYS. 201 Test Review CH 14 - 20 ELEN. 306 Test Review RHYS. 219 Test Review CH 30-31 MEEN. 212 CH 8 RHYS. 219 Test Review CH 31 - 32 MEEN. 212 CH 9 MEEN. 212 CH 10 MEEN. 213 Homework #14 MEEN. 212 Practice Test CH 7 - 10 RHYS. 208 - 219 Final Review CH 23 - 26 aTs TUTORING We also have private tutors for many classes! 846-2879 or call our ticket office in BURGER BOY (846-2146) Computing Toolbox A weekly column dedicated to computing at Texas A&M Popular uses of the campus computing network include elec tronic mail, news, file transfers, word processing, and general data processing. But what is a network? Networks are a physical communications medium that allow the exchange of information between computer systems, just like a telephone line allows you to exchange voice messages with a person on the other end of an ordi nary telephone. There are many types of networks, but the most popular network today is called the Local Area Network or LAN. The word “local” means that your computing re sources are all in the same general area. Think of a LAN as a spiderweb that inter connects many resources (personal com puters, printers, workstations, other net works, and so on). Resources may be directly connected (dedicated link) or may share a common network (shared link). Today it is important that the different computing work groups at Texas A&M be able to communicate with one another, so new roads have been paved between each one. However, as the example below illustrates, new nologies have been develped to keep up with today’s network ing demands. The driver of a car travelling along a busy highway tries to gain access to a town. However, when he reaches a check point outside the town, a guard won’t allow him entrance because he can’t speak the town’s official language and he is turned away. As he slowly makes his way back through the traffic, he wishes that the people in town spoke more than one language and that there were more lanes on the highway so that he could move faster. Similarly, information travelling along a network will be turned away from a com puter system if it does not use the same communications protocol (speak the same language). There are greater loads on existing networks due to increased computer usage and the demands of today’s high-perfor mance computers and applications. Since information traffic is increasing, network managers have developed technology to open more lanes on the highway (increase “bandwidth”) and speak more languages (increase “compatibility”) between differ ent computer systems. A widely used LAN technology is called “Ethernet”. Ethernet connects computer systems with a coaxial cable. In many organizations Ethernet makes up the highways, main streets, and country roads of their networks. Although Ethernet is a reliable and highly travelled networking system, increased speed and reliability is needed to deal with increased usage and to transmit voice and video (“synchronous” signals) as well as data (“asynchronous” signals) over computer networks. A new transmission medium, optical fiber, can enhance the efficiency of Ethernet systems. Read this column next week to leam about optical fiber! Ask the Computing Wizard Q: What is the primary nameserver on campus? A: The nameserver is DNS.TAMU.EDU with the IP address 128.194.178.1. The secondaries are currently TAMSUN (128.194.15.32) and SUMMA (128.194.3.89). HELIOS was the primary nameserver until last December. HELIOS is now an unofficial secondary but will cease to perform name service on May 1st. For problems related to this discontinuation, please call the Network Availability Center (NAC) at 845-4219. Q: What is the speed of the Texas A&M campus Internet connection? A: The campus T1 serial line speed is 1.544 Mbps. However, Texas A&M will upgrade to a T3 link which will allow speed of around 43 Mbps beginning late 1994 or early 1995. The T3 will provide a higher data transfer rate for supercomputing applications and increase the speed of Internet access. Please send comments, topic suggestions, and questions for the Computing Wizard to SUGOEST@TAMU.EDU or call 845-9325.