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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.