Welcome to Steve’s Guide to Networking and IoT, your ultimate resource for mastering internet technologies, networking protocols, and IoT systems.
Whether you’re a beginner eager to understand the basics or a professional looking to expand your technical expertise, this guide offers clear, practical tutorials with a particular emphasis on networking protocols and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Key topics covered include:
MQTT Protocol: Detailed analyses of MQTT protocol packet structures, security mechanisms, and practical applications such as sending and receiving JSON data over MQTT with Python.
MQTT-SN Protocol:Detailed analyses of MQTT protocol packet structures, and example usage using the Python client.
IPv4 Addressing: An exploration of IPv4 address classes, their usage, and special IP addresses.
Steve’s Internet Guide
DNS: Beginner-friendly guides explaining the Domain Name System (DNS) and its role in translating domain names to IP addresses.
Steve’s Internet Guide
IoT Networking and Messaging Protocols: Overviews of networking and application protocols commonly used in IoT development.
Learning Approach:
The site prioritizes a hands-on, example-driven learning methodology, ensuring users can immediately apply what they learn. Tutorials include clear explanations, diagrams, code snippets, and downloadable resources to reinforce understanding.
Audience:
Steve’s Internet Guide is ideal for:
- Network engineers and IT professionals.
- IoT developers and enthusiasts.
- Students and hobbyists eager to learn networking and internet technologies.
This site and newsletter is dedicated to help you learn and master basic networking, protocols like MQTT and MQTT-SN , and use them in your IoT applications.
Sign Up for Steve’s Latest Posts and stay in touch.
Getting Started With MQTT
I Recommend you start your journey into MQTT with the short MQTT course.
Projects
I am constantly working on IOT/MQTT educational projects which I share on my projects page.
I do also undertake commercial projects from time time. If you need assistance then please use the ask steve page