What is a Network? How Does it Work? - Light Show Networking EP. 1

Today marks the beginning of a new series about networking! The goal of this series is to explain how a light show network works, and how you can get all your controllers and computers to communicate to run your light display. However, we first need a basic understanding of what networks are, how they work, and some of the terminology used when talking about networking. So that is what's in today's video! Feel free to use the timestamps below to skip to whatever part of the video you want to see. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:04 - What's in today's video 02:45 - What is a network? 03:29 - How does a network work? 07:00 - Networking terminology 07:39 - What are IP addresses? 16:47 - What is a gateway? 17:41 - What is a netmask? 20:13 - SSIDs, eth0, and wlan0 21:20 - What is DHCP? 24:44 - What is a DNS server? 27:27 - Finishing up Thanks for watching! If you enjoy the videos, feel free to leave a like and subscribe! For more information about the show, or to see it in person, visit our Facebook page at:   / bridgeportsbrightestlights