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... but I just love "Warriors of the Net".

It gives a pretty good idea on how networking works, and some of the visual metaphors are quite awesome.

Here's a work safe video that relates to the main story. Enjoy!

What's wrong with a movie about some network device??

Have you ever seen Warriors of the Net? It's positively mind numbing.

Whatever you do, don't show anyone Warriors of the Net: http://www.warriorsofthe.net/

Or maybe you should, everyone will enjoy the nap.

And a movie can be even better.
A big company wanted its people to understand Internet and asked a video to be created for that purpose.
That video is accessible here:
http://www.warriorsofthe.net/

This is at the same time entertaining and quite educative, although slightly dated.
Show this to people instead of trying to express concepts with words.
Highly recommended.

If you are interested in technology, there's some fields of study that most computer geeks aren't aware of: Broadcast Electronics Technology and Telecommunications Technology. Both are typically 2 year programs at a technical institute. Broadcast engineers (actually technologists) deals with the installation, repair, maintenance , design of radio, television and video/audio production facilities. Here's a link to the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology's (SAIT) website on the Broadcast Technology program with a nice short video.

Telecommunications conjours up ideas of phone systems but it is much more than that. In 1996, a milestone occured in telecommunications. It was the first time that more data then voice was transmitted via the phone networks. Telecommunication is the backbone of the Internet!

Every ISP, MAN or WAN ends up running through the telecommunications system. Computer networking ends at the router where it connects to the phone system, then the data magically appears at the destination router. The movie Warriors of the Net refers to the telecommunication's network as the Wild West where networking runs wild with little rules! Quite the opposite is true but it illustrates the point on how little is known about telecommunications from the computer industry.

Every residence, business and government office has a phone system and data communication network that connects to its head or branch office. There is a major convergence going on where cable companies are offering voice service and data service along with their cable service. Phone companies are offering data and video services on their networks including cell phones. It is truly an interesting era!

Here is SAIT's Telecommunication website that I am currently updating to include VOIP and PBX labs based on Astericks software. And ys, I am biased as I am an instructor at SAIT teaching these disciplines.

Good luck in your search, I hope that this information opens your eyes to other possibilities.

warriorsofthe.net have created a 16 minute animated film which depicts the life of a packet, from clicking a link to receiving a webpage. It explains networking to a 2-year-old, which helps judging by current callers to Tech Support Help Desks.
Linkie: http://www.warriorsofthe.net/movie.html
Free for non-commercial use.

Hell, we already have that.

The things it teaches about routing and security are oversimplified but are close enough to the truth for the average person.

Did they mention the answer? Warriors of the net is a 12 minute animated introduction to the travels of a packet across the 'net.

May I highlight the word "introduction".

The Killer Bean 2.
For style, and improvement over The Killer Bean.
In fact, a comparison between the two would be keen...

Warriors Of The Net.
For an example of how to convey the general idea behind technology in an easy to comprehend format.

And finally, 405.
As an example of how computers don't have to produce things that look like they were produced on computers.

Later,
Blake.