Network
Shmetwork
Network Shapes and Sizes
Packet
Racket
Home Network
Whattya need
Home Network
Config-it
100
A system of computers and peripherals linked together
What is a network?
100
The physical arrangement of devices on a network
What is topology?
100
A 'chunk' of an electronic file sent over a network
What is a data packet?
100
Connects your network to the world
What is an Internet connection?
100
The WAN port connects your router to this
What is your Internet connection?
200
Of LAN and WAN, the smaller one
What is a LAN?
200
Of the topologies we discussed, the one where messages only travel in one direction
What is ring?
200
In addition to avoiding problems, the other reason to use data packets
What is load balancing?
200
The 'protector' that sits between the Internet and your router
What is the firewall?
200
This might configure your router for you
What is the CD/software that came with it?
300
The part of the network you use most
What is the client computer?
300
The most widely used network protocol
What is Ethernet?
300
The packet component that tells it where to go
What is the header?
300
The 2 types of broadband internet connections
What are Cable and DSL?
300
Cable doesn't need this info, but DSL does
What is username and password?
400
Of all the ways to connect network components, the one that lets you stay 'on the move'
What is a wireless connection?
400
The network protocol we discussed that uses collision avoidance
What is LocalTalk?
400
Totes the data
What is the payload?
400
AT&T provides this kind of Internet connection
What is DSL?
400
A protocol that DSL uses but cable does not
What is Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet?
500
The Internet is an example of one
What is a WAN?
500
The first step taken by communication protocols when sending data between network nodes
What is formatting packets?
500
The trailer probably uses this for error checking
What is Cyclic Redundancy Check?
500
The 'old school' connection and it's preferred cousin
What is dialup and broadband?
500
Something you use to confirm that your router setup was successful
What is your web browser?
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