# Unit 2 Lesson 5 Student Protocols

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**Created:** [October 1, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/unit-2-lesson-5-student-protocols/33442 "2020-10-01T12:37:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![betsy.norlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@betsy.norlock](https://forum.code.org/u/betsy.norlock)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/unit-2-lesson-5-student-protocols/33442/1 "2020-10-01T12:37:04Z")

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Should students be allowed to access the router logs and check if messages have dropped as part of their protocols they develop on part 2?

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**Author:** ![bhatnagars](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/bhatnagars/32/4919_2.png) [@bhatnagars](https://forum.code.org/u/bhatnagars)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/unit-2-lesson-5-student-protocols/33442/2 "2020-10-01T17:43:00Z")

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Yes. I think it is good for them to see it happen again in this lesson. They will also notice if they have more than 8 characters in their message, the extra characters will be lost.