Networking1
Refers to a company that provides Internet services, including personal and business access to the Internet.
What is ISP?
A computer and storage device dedicated to storing files. (Server, Router, Node)
What is a server?
Wireless Adapter → The device that you must have on your computer in order to
connect to a wireless network. T/F?
What is True?
Can create unnecessary traffic on the Network Which Wastes Bandwidth (Router, Hub, Switch)
What is a hub?
It is very difficult to add new devices to my network. (Ring, Bus, Star)
What is a Ring?
Short for binary digit, the smallest unit of information on a machine
What is a bit?
A common connection point for devices in a network. (node, router, hub)
What is a node?
the largest type of network in terms of geographic area
What is a WAN?
Two or more interconnected computers?
What is a network?
This device allows a network to connect to the Internet.
What is a router?
Consists of a bundle of glass threads, each of which is capable of transmitting messages modulated (Links to an external site.) onto light waves. (fiber optic, node, or protocol)
What is fiber optic?
A computer network that spans a relatively small area
What is a LAN?
An advantage of a wireless network is that it is faster than a wired network. T/F
What is False?
Relies on a single main cable to transmit data packets. (Ring, Bus, Star)
What is Bus?
An identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP (Links to an external site.) network. (IP address, protocol, LAN)
What is IP Address?
Which of the following is NOT a common topology setup? (bus, mesh, star, clock)
What is clock?
An ethernet able is used only for a wired network and not a wireless network. T/F
What is True?
One of my workstations has gone down and now my entire network has gone down. Which topology am I using?
What is a ring?
Consists of two or more local-area networks. Computers connected to a ____________ are often connected through public networks, such as the telephone system.
What is a WAN?
A CON of the Mesh topology is __________. (latency, expensive, hard to troubleshoot)
What is latency?
This does not filter any data or have any intelligence as to where the data is supposed to be sent. (Hub, Router, or Node)
What is a hub?
Every device in my network is connected via a switch.
What is a Star Topology?