Protocols
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Grab Bag
100
Telnet sucks; you should use this encrypted alternative instead.
What is SSH? Secure Shell
100
The PDU for the network layer.
What is a packet?
100
192.168.10.31 in binary.
What is 11000000.10101000.00001010.00011111?
100
The loss of a signal due to the distance it has to travel.
What is attenuation?
100
The loopback address.
What is 127.0.0.1?
200
This protocol is absolutely fundamental to networking; it lets you find the mac address that corresponds with your destination IP address.
What is ARP? Address Resolution Protocol
200
What is the address type for the Transport layer?
What is a port number?
200
11100000.00111111.00010110.01100101 in decimal.
What is 224.63.22.101?
200
If you want to make your cat5 cable more resistance to outside interference, you'll use this type of cable.
What is STP? Shielded Twisted Pair
200
The first octet in a Class A IP address can be any of this range of numbers.
What is 1 - 126?
300
We covered a total of three protocols that can be used for VPN's. This is one of them.
What is PPTP? Or: What is L2TP? Or: What is IPSec?
300
The address type for the Data Link layer.
What is a mac address?
300
This subnet mask is equivalent to /22 in CIDR.
What is 255.255.252.0?
300
In this type of connection, two or more nodes share a network channel. Each node can either send or receive, but not both at the same time.
What is half-duplex?
300
This is the only network "device" that does not operate at layer 1.
What is a virtual switch (vSwitch)?
400
If you can't contact DHCP and you weren't assigned a static IP, Windows will use this protocol to give you an IP on the 169.254.0.0 network.
What is APIPA? Automatic Private IP Addressing
400
The PDU name for the transport layer.
What is a Segment?
400
You'll have this many hosts per subnet with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.240.
What is 14?
400
The process by which multiple analog signals are combined into a single analog transmission. WDM is an example.
What is multiplexing?
400
If a wireless client wants to request the exclusive use of a channel for a set duration, it can use these two protocols.
What is RTS/CTS? Request to Send/Clear to Send
500
This routing protocol is the only "hybrid" example we covered. It is proprietary to Cisco.
What is EIGRP? Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
500
The PDU name for the Data Link layer.
What is a frame?
500
These are the subnet address and broadcast address of 205.10.10.99/27.
What are 205.10.10.96 and 205.10.10.127?
500
If you want to make multiple physical lines operate as one logical connection, you need to configure this.
What is bonding?
500
These are the steps in a TCP three-way-handshake.
What are SYN, SYN-ACK, ACK?
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