Potpourri
This is the description given to a small network that might be used by a tiny business.
What is Small Office Home Office (SOHO)?
One of two of the most popular types of copper cabling used for networking.
What is twisted-pair or coaxial?
This is the unique identifier for each Ethernet network interface port.
What is a MAC address?
That range of values each octet in IPv4 can be.
What is 0-255?
BGP uses this protocol for its operation.
This is the TCP flag that is set by the client to initiate the three-way handshake.
Need to set up Microsoft SQL Server? Better make sure this port number is open to authorized hosts.
What is 1433?
The first step of resolving networking issues.
What is identifying the problem?
When you're crimping plugs onto a Cat-6 cable, you use these connectors with this 4 character standard.
What is RJ45?
This type of copper cabling has the widest support by ethernet adapters.
What is gigabit ethernet?
Is your Windows computer getting a duplicate IP address on a network? Windows will do this to your computer.
What is disabling the IP and displaying a warning?
Packet filtering firewalls operate at this OSI layer.
What is layer 3?
The range of IANA well-known server ports.
What is 0-1023?
Setting up a secure online store? As a business, you'll need to obtain and install this to ensure that all data transmitted between your website and your customers is encrypted.
What is a digital certificate?
This is a measurement of the expected reliability/life of non-repairable components.
What is Mean Time to Failure (MTTF)?
Wanna run ethernet cable in an office with a T-Bar ceiling? Make sure it has this rating.
What is plenum?
This type of switch allows for configuration of its settings.
What is a managed switch?
The number of valid hosts in a subnet with a /28 mask.
What is 14?
You can inspect this to discover duplicate IP addresses and misconfigurations.
What is the ARP cache table?
Your Windows computer can't get an IP from a DHCP server? It will get an address from this range, usually starting with 169.254.x.x
What is Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)?
Ensuring your computer clock is accurate is crucial to ensuring security works while you're on the internet. Online services using this protocol will synchronize your clock.
What is Network Time Protocol (NTP)?
Conduct one of these to discuss hypothetical scenarios to assess response plans.
What is a tabletop exercise?
Use this tool the connect a plug to a twisted pair cable.
What is a crimper?
These type of switch ports are members of all VLANs on a switch.
What are trunk ports?
An office network: 26 workstations, 5 network printers, 2 network servers. The smallest total number of hosts this subnet will support.
What is 64?
The shortage of IPv4 addresses is helped by this technology that can share a single public IP address with multiple devices on a private network.
What is Network Address Translation (NAT)?
This DNS record type resolves a host name to an IPv4 address.
What is an Address (A) record?
Need to submit data on a web page form? Your browser will need to perform this specific HTTP action.
This OSI layer ensures reliable message delivery, flow control, and data segmentation and assembly.
What is Transport layer?
This type fiber optic cable is normally used to connect two buildings that are several kilometers apart.
What is single-mode fiber?
This switch feature prevents switching loops and ensures and ensures that there is only a single active path between any two switches.
What is Spanning Tree Protocol?
Total number of host IDs in the network 198.51.100.0/24.
What is 254?
This is used by distance vector protocols to prevent routing loops by declaring a network unreachable after a certain number of hop counts
What is maximum hop count?
Common Windows command to clear your DNS cache.
What is ipconfig /flushdns?
This is the default transport protocol and port number for IMAPS, the secure version of IMAP.
What is TCP/993?