Network Hardware
What is a router?
This is an address that looks like this: 245.12.434.121
What is an IP address?
This is the name given to your LOCAL network at your home, at a school, or office.
This is the type of network connection that means Wireless Fidelity.
What is Wi-Fi?
When talking about network transfer speeds, this is what Mbps stands for.
What is Megabits per second?
Device given to you by your Internet provider so you can access the internet.
What is a Modem?
This is a hardware address that refers to the network card itself. Uses this format: D8-3B-BF-54-18-1B
What is a MAC address?
The type of network that uses Bluetooth devices in an area of up to 30 ft.
This is the fastest type of Wireless connection.
What is Wireless AC (or AX)
A type of Wi-Fi that is the "in-between" speed that isn't the fastest, nor the slowest, but good for most purposes. It's 5 Gigahertz, if that helps.
What is Wireless N?
Hardware device that connects many cabled devices to a network. Just flip it!
What is a switch?
An address that is not routable to the Internet. Looks like this: 192.168.0.1. Given out by your local network.
What is a Private IP address?
A network of other interconnected networks.
What is a WAN? (Wide Area Network)
These are the best network connections for super-high bandwidth and to span long distances.
What is fiber optic cable?
In some cases, your home networking can have these two network devices built into one box for Internet and WiFi
What is a router and a modem?
What is a server?
A routable address that looks like this: 172.217.5.14 and is necessary to gain access to the Internet
What is a public IP address?
This type of network can be wireless or wired.
What is a LAN (Local Area Network)?
This is the slowest type of Wi-Fi with the best wireless coverage area. It's bandwidth is a max of 54 Mb/ps.
What is Wireless G?
This is the type of material the wires of ethernet cable use to send signals across a network.
What is copper?
This is typically software to us, but also a hardware device that can block or allow connections to the internet or your network. FIRE!
What is a firewall?
On the Internet, you can be publicly identified by these two addresses.
What is your MAC & Public IP address?
The Internet is an example of this type of network.
What is a WAN (Wide Area Network)
This is the name given to a network connection that is connected by network cable.
What is Ethernet?
Generally, these are the TWO frequencies used to broadcast Wi-Fi signals.
What are 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz?