Intranet

The way in which an organization starts up an intranet initiative can powerfully influence its success or failure. Because a primary goal of most intranets is to encourage and facilitate collaboration across organizational boundaries, it makes sense to start from a collaborative foundation.

There are many, trust me. I can write a series on articles on just this. But this articles tries to define the advantages into major categories. I have already discussed uses and services of an intranet. This is a different issue, trust me.

Funny question, you may say. Isn't that why we are reading these articles. But I feel that this is the most important question. Because you want to make sure at the onset itself, that you are not taking an unnecessary step. Read on to know more.

After discussiing the mode of data transfer in a TCP/IP network (can be an intranet or Internet), we take a look at the way this data is processed by the receiving system. This completes a series of articles on Intranet protocols (for the present, atleast)

After getting the basics of TCP/IP in the last article, today, we start a bit complicated discussion on mode of data transfer in an Intranet. This, though a bit daunting at first, is not as difficult as it looks. Also this will help you in learning the way Internet works.

Last few articles have dealt with routers in general. This article explains the actual working of a router. Just as routers direct traffic on the Internet, sending information to its proper destination, routers on an intranet perform the same function.

We learnt in the last article that routers require what are known as routing tables for referencing. This article goes in depth to study different types of routing tables and their applications according to amount of traffic handled by the router.

We got the feel of power of routers in the last article. This article sees the way a router handles traffic. This is applicable to both, Intranet and the Internet.

Safely assuming that you are familiar with bridges, we move on to its big brother, Routers.Routers are the traffic cops of intranets. They make sure that all data gets sent to where it's supposed to go and that it gets sent via the most efficient route.

After knowing about the basics of bridges, we get down to know the actual working of the bridges. Advantages, uses and limitations are discussed in here.