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Flashcards in Networking Deck (31)
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1
Q

MMF

A

Short range communications upto 2km

2
Q

SMF

A

Longer range communications upto 100km

3
Q

STP

A

Shielded twisted pair

4
Q

UTP

A

Unshielded twister pair

5
Q

Plenum

A

Fire resistant cable

6
Q

Coaxial cabling

A

RG-8 Older ethernet networks, RG-56 Broadband Internet, RG-59 Short-distance video

7
Q

IPv4 address is how many bits?

A

32bits

8
Q

IPv6 address is how many bits?

A

128bits

9
Q

APIPA addresses

A

169.254.1.0 through 169.254.254.255

10
Q

Loopback Address IPv4

A

127.0.0.0 127.255.255.255

11
Q

Loopback Address IPv6

A

::1

12
Q

RFC1918 Private Addresses

A

10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 , 172.16.0.0 - 182.31.255.255 , 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255

13
Q

List wireless encryption protocols, securest to weakest

A
WPA2 + AES
WPA + AES
WPA + TKIP/AES (TKIP is there as a fallback method)
WPA + TKIP
WEP
Open Network (no security at all)
14
Q

List 4 different network types

A

LAN, WAN, MAN, PAN

15
Q

List the different networking topologies

A

Mesh, Ring, Hybrid, Bus, Star

16
Q

What is the most common network topology?

A

Hybrid

17
Q

Define Hub

A

OSI Layer 1, multi-port repeater , traffic router to whole network

18
Q

Define Switch

A

OSI Layer 2, Multi-port bridge, forwards traffic based on data link addresses, slightly more intelligent.

19
Q

Define router

A

OSI Layer 3, Forwards traffic based on address, intolerant, connects various types of network EG. WAN and LAN

20
Q

Define a WAP

A

Wireless access point bridges from wireless to wired networks

21
Q

Define a Modem

A

Modulator, demodulator, coverts analogue sounds to digital signals (old dial up)

22
Q

Define NAS

A

Network attached storage,

23
Q

Define Firewall

A

Filters trafic by IP, port number or application,

24
Q

DHCP

A

Device host configuration protocol, assigns IP addresses

25
Q

LDAP

A

lightweight director access protocol - network directory

26
Q

DNS

A

domain name service - user friendly mapping system for device names and IPs

27
Q

SNMP

A

Server message block, windows file and printer sharing

28
Q

SMB

A

server message block windows file and printer sharing

29
Q

SSH

A

Secure shell, encryption terminal session

30
Q

SFTP

A

Secure FTP over SSH, Encrypted file transfer.

31
Q

IPv6 Link Local Address?

A

fe80::/10