Networked Devices
Connecting Devices
Media
Protocols
Data Encapsulation
100
This networked device is used to print documents from multiple computers.
What is a network printer
100
This connecting device repeats any message it receives to all other connected devices on a Local Area Network.
What is a hub?
100
This network media is very popular and is often used to connect desktop computers to hubs and switches.
What is Ethernet Cable / Cat 5 Cable
100
This protocol is used to send HTML documents and other web traffic over the Internet.
What is http?
100
Application Layer Data Structure
What is "data / payload"?
200
This networked device / software application sends HTML documents in response to HTTP requests.
What is a web server?
200
This connecting device forwards messages it receives only to the device is addressed to.
What is a switch?
200
This network media is used to provide Internet service to a home from a Cable TV service provider.
What is coaxial cable?
200
This protocol is used to send encrypted Web traffic over the Internet.
What is https?
200
The Transport Layer Data Structure
What is a "TCP Segment" or "UDP Datagram"
300
This networked device provides a mobile computing experience with a hinged display and keyboard.
What is a laptop or a notebook computer?
300
This connecting device is used to forward messages from one network to another.
What is a router?
300
This network media provides wireless networking to networked devices to allow laptops, tablets, and phones to connect to Local Area Networks.
What are radio waves?
300
This protocol is used to send email messages between networks across the Internet.
What is smtp / the simple mail transfer protocol?
300
The Internet Layer Data Structure
What is an IP Packet?
400
This networked device / software application forwards email messages from one organization to another?
What is a mail server or an SMTP server?
400
This connecting device is used to block out / filter unwanted or potentially dangerous network message.
What is a firewall?
400
This network media is used to provide long-distance connection between networks that are hundreds or thousands of miles apart.
What is fiber optic cable?
400
This protocol is used to upload files to a web server.
What is ftp / the file transfer protocol?
400
The Link Layer Data Structure
What is a frame?
500
This networked device / software application contacts a satellite network to obtain location information for driving directions.
What is a GPS device?
500
This connecting device is built into a networked device and provides the physical connection to the network.
What is a NIC / Network Interface Card / Network Interface Controller?
500
This network media is used to provide the highest speed connection between two networked device.
What is fiber optic cable?
500
This protocol is used to upload files over an encrypted connection to a Web server.
What is SFTP / secure file transfer protocol?
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