🌐 The Building Blocks of the Network World: L2 and L3 Switches and Their Features

Imagine this, my love… You live in an apartment building. There’s an elevator, stairs, neighbors. Everyone greets each other, but unless someone organizes who goes where, and which apartment belongs to whom, the whole place would be chaos. That organizer is the switch, the “traffic cop” of the network! 🚦 But switches also level up […]

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⚔️ TCP vs. UDP: Protocol Showdown 🎭

Imagine this:You’ve got a friend named TCP. He’s a real gentleman. 👔You send a message, “hey, what’s up?” and he replies,“Got it, I’ll deliver it perfectly, every word, every punctuation mark.”Yep, he’s Mr. Reliable. 📦📬 On the other side, you’ve got another buddy, UDP.He’s a total speed junkie. 🏎️You send, “hey, what’s up?”He’s like, “Cool, […]

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🌍 WAN Terminology: Key Concepts of Wide Area Networks

Imagine you’re sitting at home, sipping your coffee, watching cat videos on YouTube. ☕🐱 Meanwhile, the person who uploaded that cat video is in Australia. So how does that video reach you? That’s where WAN (Wide Area Network) steps in. In short, WAN = the Internet itself. 🌐 But the world of WAN has so […]

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