Networking, drawn badly but explained grandly.

Stick Figure Internet explains how computer networking actually works — routing, switching, DNS, addressing and the protocols the internet runs on — using stick figures and short, focused explanations.

The drawings are deliberately crude, and that is the point. An elaborate diagram takes as long to read as it took to draw. A stick figure takes a second, which leaves the rest of your attention free for the idea it is carrying.

Every explanation starts from a question someone actually asks — what happens when you hit Enter, why two computers on the same switch cannot talk to each other, what that number in your Wi-Fi settings is for — and it stops once the question has been answered. Nothing assumes you already know the jargon, and the correct terminology arrives after the idea, not before it.

What you will find here

• One question per explanation, answered properly.
• Plain English first. The correct terms follow once the idea has landed.
• The mechanism, rather than a list of facts to memorise.
• Nothing gated, nothing to sign up for, and no certifications for sale.

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