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Recently I had someone ask me a question I wanted to share with you. They asked me why in the heck their IP address appeared to be coming from the other side of the country? Honestly, I can understand why this would freak someone out! Imagine not understanding what is going on as you do an IPChicken.com check only to see the IP looking odd. Then you run a speed test and learn you're suddenly based in another region of the country. I mean come on, that is just going to feel weird to the uninformed.

Infographic showing IP traffic around the world.

How a Computer Network Works: Packages, TCP/IP, Routers, Switches Proxy servers, Firewalls, the Internet, Browser

There was some discussion at the CEMC conference about coding guidelines. I found this excellent article about the topic of Reading Code and best practices. I plan to use this in my senior (ICS4U) course early to set the standards and probably a simplified version after a few months in ICS3U.

In case, you find the need to change the DNS server for your entire network on your router or set it individually on a PC or other device then have a look on this tutorial.